Travel Agents Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2011

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Travel Agents Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2011 S.R. No. 9/2011 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objectives 1 2 Authorising provision 2 3 Principal Regulations 2 4 Regulation 1 amended 2 5 Regulation 16 substituted 2 16 Infringement offences and infringement penalties 2 6 New Schedule 3 inserted 3 SCHEDULE 3—Infringement Offences and Infringement Penalties 3 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5 -- 1 of 6 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2011 S.R. No. 9/2011 Travel Agents Act 1986 Travel Agents Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2011 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 1 March 2011 Responsible Minister: MICHAEL O'BRIEN Minister for Consumer Affairs MATTHEW McBEATH Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objectives The objectives of these Regulations are to amend the Travel Agents Regulations 2007 to— (a) prescribe the infringement offences previously specified in the Schedule to the Travel Agents Act 1986, as a result of amendments made to that Act by section 63 of the Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 which require infringement offences to be specified in regulations; and (b) prescribe additional infringement offences for the purpose of the Travel Agents Act 1986. -- 2 of 6 -- S.R. No. 9/2011 Travel Agents Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2011 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 48 of the Travel Agents Act 1986. 3 Principal Regulations In these Regulations the Travel Agents Regulations 2007 1 are called the Principal Regulations. 4 Regulation 1 amended In regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations, for "and infringement penalties" substitute ", infringement offences and infringement penalties". 5 Regulation 16 substituted For regulation 16 of the Principal Regulations substitute— "16 Infringement offences and infringement penalties (1) For the purposes of section 39ZC(1) of the Act, an offence set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 is a prescribed offence in respect of which an infringement notice may be issued. (2) For the purposes of section 39ZC(2) of the Act, the infringement penalty prescribed for an offence against a provision set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 is the amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 3 in respect of that offence.". r. 2 -- 3 of 6 -- S.R. No. 9/2011 Travel Agents Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2011 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 6 New Schedule 3 inserted After Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations insert— "__________________ SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 16 INFRINGEMENT OFFENCES AND INFRINGEMENT PENALTIES Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item No. Infringement Offence Prescribed Infringement Penalty 1 Section 8(5) of the Act 2·5 penalty units 2 Section 11A(2) of the Act 2·5 penalty units 3 Section 12(2) of the Act 12·5 penalty units 4 Section 14(1) of the Act 5 penalty units 5 Section 17(11) of the Act 5 penalty units 6 Section 18 of the Act 6·25 penalty units 7 Section 18A(3) of the Act 2·5 penalty units 8 Section 24 of the Act 2·5 penalty units 9 Section 30 of the Act 2·5 penalty units 10 Section 31 of the Act 2·5 penalty units 11 Section 32(1) of the Act 2·5 penalty units 12 Section 39B(1) of the Act 12·5 penalty units 13 Section 39B(2) of the Act 12·5 penalty units r. 6 -- 4 of 6 -- S.R. No. 9/2011 Travel Agents Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2011 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item No. Infringement Offence Prescribed Infringement Penalty 14 Section 41(1) of the Act 5 penalty units 15 Section 41(3) of the Act 5 penalty units ". ═══════════════ r. 6 -- 5 of 6 -- S.R. No. 9/2011 Travel Agents Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2011 5 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 137/2007 as amended by S.R. Nos 44/2008 and 147/2009. Endnotes -- 6 of 6 --