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Travel Agents Act 1975 s 4

s 4 Business of travel agent

4.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person carries on the business of a travel agent if the person carries on, or advertises or holds himself, herself or itself out as carrying on, a business of any one or more of the following:(a) supplying any person a right to travel on any conveyance; (b) supplying any person —(i) a right to travel on any conveyance to; and (ii) a right of accommodation at a hotel or similar boarding premises at, one or more places, whether in Singapore or elsewhere; (c) purchasing, or reserving, for resale to any person a right to travel on any conveyance; (d) supplying any tour (whether or not organised by the person) to any other person; (e) any other similar activity that may be prescribed.[47/2017] (2) An individual who is employed by a licensee or who is an agent of a licensee does not carry on the business of a travel agent by reason only of carrying on in the course of the individual’s employment or agency (as the case may be) any activity mentioned in subsection (1).[47/2017] (3) However, a person does not carry on the business of a travel agent if —(a) for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the person carries on the activity only in respect of a conveyance the person owns; (b) for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (c), the person carries on the activity only in respect of a conveyance —(i) used for a regular route service within the meaning of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015; (ii) used for a community bus service or courtesy bus service, within the meaning of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015, and that travels only within Singapore; or (iii) used for a train service within the meaning of the Public Transport Council Act 1987; (c) for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(b), the person carries on the activity only in respect of —(i) a conveyance the person owns; and (ii) a hotel or similar boarding premises the person owns or operates; or (d) for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(d), the person carries on the activity only in respect of any place or point of interest that the person owns or operates.[47/2017]

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