TRAVEL AGENTS REGULATIONS

TRAVEL AGENTS REGULATIONS

TRAVEL AGENTS REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation.................................. Page

1. Citation ...................... .......... ... ... ... ... A2

PART I

REGISTER

2. Keeping of register ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... .. ... ... A 2
3. Inspection and copies of register ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2
4. Publication of register ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2
5. Copies to be admissible as evidence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

PART II

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
6. Meetings of Advisory Committee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3
7. Transaction of business by circulation of papers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 1

PART III

LICENSING

8. Fees A4
9. Application and particulars ....... ... ... ... A 4
10...............Notice of application ...... ... ... . ... ... A 4

11. Form of licence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4
12. Duplicate licence ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4
13. Renewal of licence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A4

PART IV

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED ON LICENSEES

14. General requirements imposed on licensees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

15. Interpretation of regulation 14... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

PART V

MISCELLANEOUS

16. Form of certificate. application and orders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 6
17. Application for ex gratia payment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 6

First Schedule. Fees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 A 6
Second Schedule. Forms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 7
Third Schedule. Statement of trave agent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 60





TRAVEL AGENTS REGULATIONS

(Cap. 218, section 50)

[13 December 1985.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Travel Agents
Regulations.

PART I.

REGISTER

2. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be kept in the register particulars
of

(a) licences which are in force;

(b) licences which have been suspended or revoked: and

(c) such other matters, if any, as he thinks fit.

(2) The register shall be kept at the office of the Registrar or at
such other place as he may specify,' by public notice given in such
manner as he thinks fit.

(3) The register required under this regulation may be kept by
recording the matters in question

(a) in bound books or any other legible form; or

(b)otherwise than in a legible form so long as the recording is
capable of being reproduced in a legible form.

3. Any person shall be entitled on payment of the fee set out in the
First Schedule

(a)to inspect the register during ordinary office hours and take
copies of any entry: or

(b)to obtain from the Registrar a copy. certified by or under the
authority of the Registrar to be correct, of any entry in the
register.

4. (1) As soon as practicable after 1 January of every year. the
Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names and
registered addresses of all persons whose names appear on the register
as being licensed on the date specified in that list and the period in
respect of which they are so licensed.

(2) As soon as practicable after 1 July of every year. the Registrar
shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names and
registered addresses of all persons whose names were added to the
register or whose licence has been renewed together with. in each case,
the period in respect of which they are so licensed between the





date specified in the list published under paragraph (1) and the date
specified in the list published under this paragraph.

5. (1) A copy of an entry in the register purporting to be certified
by or under the authority of the Registrar obtained under regulation 3
shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings on
production without further proof as prima facie evidence of the facts
stated therein.

(2) A copy of a list published in the Gazette under regulation 4
shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings on
production without further proof as prima facie evidence that each
person named in such list is licensed.

(3) The fact that the name of any person is absent from a list
published in the Gazette under regulation 4 shall be prima facie evidence
that such person was not, at the date of the publication of that list.
licensed.

(4) Any notice published in the Gazette purporting to be a notice
by the Registrar under section 30(1) of the Ordinance shall be admitted
in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings on production without
further proof as prima.facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(5) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Registrar
and stating that the name of a person has been entered on or removed
from the register or has not been entered on the register shall be
admissible in any proceedings on its production and without further
proof and shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.

PART II

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

6. (1) The Advisory Committee shall meet as often as may be
necessary for the consideration of any matter referred to in section 8 of
the Ordinance or as the Chairman may. by notice in writing to each
member, direct.

(2) The procedure at a meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be
such as the Chairman may determine.

(3) At any meeting of the Advisory Committee the Chairman shall
have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote.

7. The Advisory Committee may transact any of its business by the
circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing which is approved by a
majority shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a
meeting of the Advisory Committee by the votes of its members so
approving the resolution.





PART III

LICENSING

8. (1) The fees payable under the Ordinance shall be the fees
specified in the First Schedule.

(2) No fee paid shall be refundable.

9. (1) An application for a licence by-

(a)an individual or an unincorporated body shall be in Form
2 in the Second Schedule; and

(b)a body corporate shall be in Form 3 in the Second
Schedule.

(2) An application for a licence shall be accompanied by a
statement of particulars-

(a)in the case of an application by an individual or by an
unincorporated body, in Form 4 in the Second Schedule.
and

(b)in the case of an application by a body corporate. in Form 5
in the Second Schedule.

10. The manner in which the Registrar shall give notice of
every application for a licence shall be by exhibiting a list of the
names of such applicants at a place in his office conspicuous to any
member of the public resorting thereto.

11. A licence shall be in Form 1 in the Second Schedule.

12. On payment of the fee specified in the First Schedule the
Registrar may issue a duplicate of a licence to a licensee if-

(a)the licence permits the carrying on of the business of a
travel agent at more than one address;

(b)the licence is amended to permit the carrying on of the
business of a travel agent at an additional address; or

(c)he is satisfied that the licence has been lost, stolen.
damaged or destroyed.

13. (1) An application for the renewal of a licence shall be
made not more than 2 months and not less than 1 month prior to the
expiration of the licence or within such other period prior to the
expiration thereof as the Registrar may in writing permit.

(2) An application for renewal of a licence by-

(a)an individual or an unincorporated body shall be in Form 6
in the Second Schedule;

(b)a body corporate shall be in Form 7 in the Second
Schedule.





(3) An application for renewal of a licence shall be accompanied by
a statement of particulars

(a)in the case of an application by an individual or by an
unincorporated body, in Form 8 in the Second Schedule.

(b)in the case of an application by a body corporate. in Form 9 in
the Second Schedule.

PART IV

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED ON LICENSEES

14. Every licensee shall-

(a)keep and maintain proper books of account which may be kept
either in a legible form or in a non-legible form capable of
being reproduced in a legible form.

(b)notify, and keep notified, the Registrar of the place where,
during normal office hours, the books of account may be
inspected under section 45 of the Ordinance;

(e)display and keep displayed, at a place in the premises
specified in the licence, conspicuous to members of the public
resorting thereto, the licence or a duplicate thereof issued by
the Registrar under regulation 12:

(d)state clearly on any letter, account. receipt. pamphlet.
brochure or other document issued by him or on his behalf
and in any advertisement, whether in documentary or other
form, by him or on his behalf the number of his travel agent's
licence;

(e)state clearly and conspicuously in all documents referred to in
paragraph (d) and in all advertisements in written form the
licensed name and the address of the premises specified in his
licence;

at the time of or prior to any payment to him by way of deposit
for a travel service by a member of the public give to that
person full particulars of that travel service; and

(g)notify the Registrar if he ceases to carry on the business of a
travel agent.

15. For the purposes of regulation 14-

(a)proper books of account are books of account which (in
themselves or, if kept otherwise than in legible form, as
reproduced in a legible form) sufficiently exhibit and explain all
transactions entered into by the licensee in the course of the
business of travel agent carried on by him and give a true and
fair view of the state of that business;

(b)where any books of account are kept otherwise than by
making entries in a bound book, adequate precautions shall
be taken for guarding against falsification and for facilitating
their discovery; and





(c)a statement containing the information set out in the Third
Schedule shall be a sufficient compliance with paragraph (f)
of that regulation.

PART V

MISCELLANEOUS

16. For the purposes of section 29 of the Ordinance-

(a) a certificate shall be in Form 10;

(b) a prohibition order shall be in Form 11;

(c)an application for the extension or renewal of a prohibition
order shall be in Form 12;

(d) an order under subsection (4) thereof shall be in Form 13,

(e)an application under subsection (5) thereof shall be in Form
14,

a notice under subsection (6) thereof shall be in Form 15: and

(g) an order under subsection (7) thereof shall be in Form 16. in the
Second Schedule.

17. An application for an ex gratia payment from the Reserve Fund
under section 43 of the Ordinance shall be in Form 17 in the Second
Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE [regs. 8 & 12.]
FEES
ltem Matter in respect of which the fee is payable Fee

1 For an application for a licence 300
2. For a licence or the renewal of a licence for 12 months 3,000

3. For a licence for 6 months or less 1,500
4. For amending a licence-

(a) for an additional address, for each new premises 300
(b) otherwise ................... 30

5..............................For issuing a duplicate of a licence 500
6..............................For inspecting the register or any part thereof 10
7..............................For issuing or supplying a copy, of or extract from any entry in
the register ...................... 10
8..............................For certifying a copy of or extract from any entry in the

register
................................................................................... 25





SECOND SCHEDULE [regs. 9,11,13,16 & 17.]
FORM I [reg. 11.)
TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE
(Chapter 218)
TRAVEL AGENTS LICENCE

Licence No,
LICENCE IS GRANTED this day of 19-

to
(name)

to carry on business as a travel agent at
(address(es) of premises)

This licence shall, unless earlier suspended or revoked, cease to have effect on the day

of 19

This licence is subject to the conditions set out herein.

CONDITIONS

(1) The licensee shall notify the Registrar of Travel Agents in writing prior to his ceasing to carry on the
business of a travel agent at any address specified in this licence.

Signed

Registra, of Travel Agents

ENDORSEMENTS







FORM 2

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
OR BY AN UNINCORPORATED BODY

Application is hereby made to the Registrar of Travel Agents for a licence under Part II of the Travel Agents
Ordinance

1 Application by an Individual

(a) Full name in English

(b) name in Chinese characters (if applicable) and code

(c) Aliases (if any)

(d) Residential address

Telephone No.

(e) Hong Kong Identity Card number

(f) Place and date of birth





2. Application by an Unincorporated Body








I/We' dedare that all the infomnalion given by me/us* in this application is true and correct to the best of My/Our,
knowledge and belief.

Signed Signed

(individual Applicant) (Applicant as a partner)

Signed

(Applicant as a partner)

Signed

(Applicant as a partner)

Signed

(Applicant as a partner)

Delete as appropriate.

NOTES

1 You are advised to reed the Travel Agents Ordinance and the Travel Agents Regulations before submitting this
application.

2. A statement of particulars in support of this application (Form 4) must also be completed and
submitted,

3. Documentary evidence may be required in support of the information given in this application.

4. The prescribed fee payable upon submitting this application is $300.

5. The original and one copy of-

(a) this application: and

(b) the statement of particulars in support,

together with the application fee should be posted or delivered to the Registrar at the following address--

TRAVEL AGENTS REGISTRY,
6th Floor, East Wing.
Hennessy Centre.
500 Hennessy Road,
Hong Kong.

(It payment is mode by post, only cheques will be accepted. Cheques should be made payable to 'Hong Kong
Government' and crossed, They must not be made payable to any individual officer, Postdated cheques will not
be accepted.)

6.Upon approval of this application, you will be notified of the amount of the licence fee payable, in accordance with
the rates m out in ibe First Schedule of the Travel Agents Regulations.

7.A licence, if granted. shall not enter in force except on payment of the appropriate fee and a levy of $2,500
under section 13(a) of the Travel Agents Ordinance.






WARNING-Section 48(1)(c) of the Travel Agents Ordinance makes it an offence punishable by a fine of $100,000
and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indicimant or by a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false or misleading
statement or furnishes any false or misleading information in connexion with any application for the
issue of a licence.




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FORM 3

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE BY A BODY CORPORATE

Application is hereby made to the Registrar of Travel Agents for a licence under Part II of the Travel Agents
Ordinance.

1. (a) The name and any former names of the company or other body corporate---

(i) in English

(ii) in Chinese

(b) The place of incorporation

(c) The date of incorporation

(d) Company Registration number

(e) The name of the proposed business of a travel agent if different from (a) above---

(i) in English

(ii) in Chinese

(f)Address of the corporation's registered office and of all offices in Hong Kong at which it is intended to carry
on the business of a travel agent, including the number of the street, flat, floor(s), whether the area occupied is
part of a floor, the number of the room(s) and whether the corporation is the owner, the principal tenant or the
sub-tenant of the premises.

Address State whether the premises area Telephone number
owned or rented by the corporation





(g) State which, if any, of the premises listed above are not in a commercial building

(h) Will the proposed office(s) be used exclusively by the business of a travel agent?

Yes No

A DUPLICATE LICENCE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR EACH BRANCH OFFICE UNDER REGULATION 12 OF THE
TRAVEL AGENTS REGULATIONS.



I declare that all information given by me in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief.

Signature

Name of Signatory

Capacity

(Evidence of authorization by the
company or other body corporate for a
person in this behalf should be
produced)

NOTES

1 You are advised lo read the Travel Agents Ordinance and the Travel Agents Regulations before submitting this
application.

2. A statement of particulars in support of this application (Form 5) must also be completed
and submitted.

3. A controller of a travel agency is a person who Controls the applicant company and includes a person in
accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors thereof are accustomed to act.

4. Documentary evidence may be required in support of the information given in this application.

5. The prescribed fee payable upon submitting this application is $300











6. The original and one copy of-

(a) this application; and

(b) the statement of particulars in support,

together with the application fee should be posted or delivered to the Registrar at the following address-

TRAVEL AGENTS REGISTRY,
6th Floor, East Wing,
Hennessy Centre. 500
Hennessy Road, Hong Kong.

(it payment is made by post, only cheques will be accepted. Cheques should be made payable to 'Hong Kong
Government' and crossed. They must not be made payable to any individual officer. Postdated cheques will not be
accepted.)

7,Upon approval of this application, you will be notified of the amount of the licence fee payable, in accordance with
the rates set out in the First Schedule of the Travel Agents Regulations.

8. A licence. if granted, shall not enter in force except on payment of the appropriate fee and a levy of $2,500
under section 13(a) of the Travel Agents Ordinance.


and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indictment or by a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false or misleading
statement or furnishes any false of misleading information in connexion with any application for the
issue of a licence.







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FORM 4

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapte, 218)

STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR
A LICENCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR BY AN UNINCORPORATED BODY

Please answer the following questions-

(if there is insufficient space provided for your answer, please continue on a separate sheet of paper, specifying the
question number to which your answer relates, and add your signature.)

1 (a)Have you or any members of your management or staff any previous experience in the business of a trave:
agent?

Yes No

(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', state the type and period of such experience

2. Is it proposed that your business includes obtaining for another person-

(a)carriage, by any means of conveyance, on a journey which is to commence in Hong Kong and which thereafter
is to take place mainly outside Hong Kong?

Yes No

(b)accommodation at a place outside Hong Kong for which payment is, or is to be, made by that other person on
account of the cost of that accommodation?

Yes No

(c) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', state whether the travel agency for which application is made for a licence is-

(i) approved by IATA

(ii) an OAA appointed agent

(iii) appointed as sales agent for an international scheduled air carrier (give name of the air carrier)

3 (a) Is the business of a travel agency for which application is being made for a licence, a member of the Hong
Kong Tourist Association?

Yes No

(b)Is the business of a travel agency for which application is being made for a licence, a member of any
established travel business association(s) in Hong Kong?

Yes No

(c) If the answer to (b) is 'Yes', give the name(s) of the travel business association(s)-

(i)
(ii)

(iii)





4 (a) Do you propose to keep a bank account in connexion with your business as a travel agent?






(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', please state-

(i) the date of the judgment

(ii) the name of the court giving judgment or making the order

9, (9) Have you ever been adjudicated bankrupt in Hong Kong or elsewhere?

Yes No

(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes'. give details of-

(i) the date of the adjudication

(ii) the name of the court which made the adjudication of bankruptcy

(c) If you have been discharged as a bankrupt, state-

(i) the date of discharge

(ii) the conditions of discharge

10. (a) Has a bankruptcy petition ever, in Hong Kong or elsewhere. been served on you which did not result in

your being adjudicated bankrupt?

Yes No

(b)If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', specify details of the petition, including the date, place and the court in which the
petition was presented

11. (a) Have you ever, in Hong Kong or elsewhere, been a party to a scheme of arrangement or entered into any form
of composition with your creditors7

Yes NO

(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', give details of the arrangement or composition

12. (a) To the best of your knowledge, has any company or other body corporate of which you have been a director, in
Hong Kong or elsewhere, been wound up. otherwise than by means of a members' voluntary winding up,
during the 5 years preceding this application?

Yes No

(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', stale-

(i) the name of the company or body corporate

(ii) the mode of winding up

(iii) the reasons for winding up

13. (a) To the best of your knowledge, has any firm of which you have been a partner, in Hong Kong or elsewhere,
been dissolved, otherwise than voluntarily with the consent of all the partners, during the 5 years preceding
this application?

Yes No
(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', state-

(i) the name of the firm
(ii) the mode of dissolution
(iii) the reasons for dissolution





I/We* declare that all the information given by me/us* in this application is true and correct to the best of my/our*
knowledge and belief.

Signed

'(Applicant as an individual)

*(Applicant for and on behalf of all partners
whose signatures are given in the application form)

Delete as appropriate
Please note: (i) The original and one copy of this statement, duly completed and signed, should be submitted,
together with the Application for a licence, to the Registrar.

(ii) Documentary evidence may be required in support of any information given in this statement.


and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indictment or by a fine of S10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false or misleading
statement or furnishes any false or misleading information in connexion with any application for the
issue of a licence.






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[1985 Ed.





FORM 5
TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE
(Chapter 218)

STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR
A LICENCE BY A BODY CORPORATE

Please answer the following questions-
(if there is insufficient space provided for your answer, please continue on a separate sheet of paper, specifying the
question number to which your answer relates, and add your signature.)

1 Is it proposed that the business of the corporation include obtaining for another person-

(a)carriage, by any means of conveyance. on a journey which is to commence in Hong Kong and which thereafter
is to take place mainly outside Hong Kong?

Yes No

(b)accommodation at a place outside Hong Kong for which payment is. or is to be. made by that other person on
account of the cost of that accommodation?

Yes NO

(c)if the answer to (a) is 'Yes'. state whether the business of a travel agency for which application is made for a
licence is

(i) approved by IATA

(ii) an OAA appointed agent

(iii) appointed as sales agent for an international scheduled air carrier (give name of the air carrier)

Kong Tourist Association?

Yes No

(b)Is the business of a travel agency for which application is being made for a licence, a member of any
established travel business association(s) in Hong Kong?

Yes No

(c) If the answer to (b) is 'Yes', give the name(s) of the travel business association(s)-

(i)
(ii)
(iii)





3. (a) Does the corporation propose to keep a bank account in connexion with its business as a travel agent?






(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', give the following Particulars-






10. (a) Has a petition ever been presented for winding up the corporation?

Yes No

(b) If the answer to (a) is 'Yes', is the petition now pending?

(r) 0 the answer to (b) is 'No', how was the Petition disposed of?

declare that all information given by me in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge

and belief.

Signature

Name of
Signatory

Capacity (Evidence of authorization by the
company or other body corporate for a
person in this behalf should be
produced)
Please note: (i) The original and one copy of this statement, duly completed and signed. should be submitted,
together with the Application for a Licence, to the Registrar,

(ii) Documentary evidence may be required in support of any information given in this statement.

and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indictment or by a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false or misleading
statement or furnishes any false or misleading information in connexion with any application for the
issue of a licence,





(b) if the answer to (a) is 'Yes', give the following particulars--




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FORM 6

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF A LICENCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
OR BY AN UNINCORPORATED BODY

Application is hereby made to the Registrar of Travel Agents for the renewal of a licence under section 15 of the Travel
Agents Ordinance.

1. Application by an Individual

(a) Full name in English (including any aliases)





(b) Full name in Chinese characters (it applicable) and code

(c) Aliases (if any)

(d) Residential address

_Telephone No.

(e) Hong Kong Identity Card number

(f) Place and date of birth






(d) Address of any proposed additional office(s) including any proposed additional branch office(s).






NOTES

1You are advised to read the Travel Agents Ordinance and the Travel Agents Regulations before submitting this
application.

2 A statement of particulars in support of this application (Form 8) must also be completed
and submitted,

3. Documentary evidence may be required in support of the information given in this application.

4, The original and one copy of-

(a) this application; and

(b) the statement of particulars in support,

should be posted or delivered to the Registrar at the following address-

TRAVEL AGENTS REGISTRY,
6TH FLOOR, EAST WING,
HENNESSY CENTRE, 500
HENNESSY ROAD, HONG
KONG.

5. A licence, if renewed, shall not enter in force except on payment of the appropriate fee.

$100,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indictment or by a fine of $10,000
and to imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false or
misleading statement or furnishes any false or misleading information in connexion with any
application for the issue of a licence



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[1985 Ed.





FORM 7

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF A LICENCE BY A BODY CORPORATE

Application is hereby made to the Registrar of Travel Agents for the renewal of a licence under section 15 of the Travel
Agents Ordinance.

(a) The name and any former manes of the company or other body corporate-

(i) in English

(ii) in Chinese

(b) The place of incorporation

(c) The date of incorporation

(d) Company Registration number

(e)The name of the business of a travel agent in respect of which renewal of a licence is sought, if different from
(a) above

(i) in English

(ii) in Chinese






NOTES

1.You are advised lo read the Travel Agents Ordinance and the Travel Agents Regulations before submitting this
application

2. A statement of particulars in support of this application (Form 9) must also be completed.

3, Documentary evidence may be required in support of the information given in this application.

4. The original and one copy of-

(a) this application; and

(b) the statement of particulars in support,

should be posted or delivered to the Registrar at the following address-

TRAVEL AGENTS REGISTRY,
6TH FLOOR, EAST WING,
HENNESSY CENTRE, 500
HENNESSY ROAD, HONG
KONG.

5. A licence, it renewed. shall not enter in force except on payment of the appropriate fee.







$100,000and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indictment or bye fine of $10.000 and
to imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false G,
misleading statement or furnishes any fat' or misleading information in connexion with any
application for the issue of a licence.




1985 Ed.]





FORM 8

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF
A LICENCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR BY AN UNINCORPORATED BODY

Please answer the following questions-

(if them is insufficient space provided for your answer, please continue on a separate sheet of paper specifying the
question number to which your answer relates. and add your signature,)





Since the date of your application for a licence or last application for renewal (whichever is the later)-

(a)have you, or any member of your management named in paragraph 4 of the Application for a Licence or, if
applicable, paragraph 4 of the last Application for Renewal of a Licence. been convicted of any offence. other
than a traffic offence, in Hong Kong or elsewhere?

Yes No



(b) has a bankruptcy petition been sewed on you in Hong Kong or elsewhere?

Yes No

If the answer to (b) is 'Yes', specify details of the petition. including the date. place and the court in which the
petition was presented

(c)have you ever, in Hong Kong or elsewhere, been a party to a scheme of arrangement or entered into any form
of composition with your creditors?

Yes No

If the answer to (c) is 'Yes', give details of the arrangement or composition

(d) to the best of your knowledge has any company or other body corporate of which you have been a director, in
Hong Kong or elsewhere, been wound up, otherwise than by means of a members' voluntary winding up?

Yes No

If the answer to (d) is 'Yes', state-

(i) the name of the company or body corporate

(ii) the mode of winding up

(iii) the reasons for winding up

(e)to the best of your knowledge has any firm of which you have been a partner, in Hong Kong or elsewhere,
been dissolved, otherwise than voluntarily with the consent of all the partners

Yes No

If the answer to (e) is 'Yes', state-

(i) the name of the firm

(ii) the mode of dissolution

(iii) reasons for dissolution





(f)has there been any change in the bank accounts kept in connexion with the applicant's business as a travel
agent?

Yes No


I/We declare that all the information given by me/us* in this application is true and correct to the best of My/Our*
knowledge and belief.

Signed
(Applicant as an individual)

(Applicant for and on behalf of all
partners whose signatures are given in
the application form)

Delete as appropriate.

Please note: (i) The original and one copy of this statement, duly completed and signed, should be submitted,
together with the Application for Renewal of a Licence. to the Registrar.

(ii) Documentary evidence may be required in support of any information given in this statement



and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indictment or by a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false or misleading
statement of furnishes any false or misleading information in connexion with any application for the
issue or renewal of a licence.





1985 Ed.]






FORM 9

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION
FOR RENEWAL OF A LICENCE BY A BODY CORPORATE

Please answer the following questions---

(if there is insufficient space provided for your answer, please continue on a separate sheet of paper, specifying the
question number to which your answer reates. and add your signature)

Since the date of the corporation's application for a licence or last application for renewal (whichever is the later)-

(a)has the corporation or any controller, director, secretwy or officer thereof been convicted of an offence. other
than a traffic offence, in Hong Kong or elsewhere?

Yes No





if the answer to (a) is 'Yes', give the following details-






(d) has a petition been presented for winding up the corporation?

Yes No

(i) If the answer to (d) is 'Yes', is the petition no. pending?

(ii) It the answer to (i) is 'No' how was the pelition disposed of?

(e)has there been any change in the bank accounts kept in connexion with the corporation's business as a travel
agent?

Yes No

If the answer to (e) is 'Yes', give the following details in respect of each bank at which the corporation is
keeping an account in connexion with the corporation's business as a travel agent

2 3 4

Name of bank

Address of bank

Account number

Date on which the
account was opened

I declare that all information given by me in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief.

Signature

Name of
Signatory

Capacity

(Evidence of authorization by the
company or other body corporate for a
person in this behalf should be
produced)

Please note (i) The original and one copy of this statement, duly completed and signed, should be submitted,
together with the Application for Renewal of a licence. to the Registrar.

(n) Documentary evidence may be required in support of any information given in this statement.


and to imprisonment for 2 years on conviction upon indictment or by a fine of $10.000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months on summary conviction for a person who makes any false or
misleading statement or furnishes any false or misleading information in connexion wtih any
application for the issue or renewal of a licence.





1985 Ed.]




[1985 Ed.






FORM 10

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTRAR OF TRAVEL AGENTS ISSUED TO A MAGISTRATE
FOR MAKING A PROHIBITION ORDER

TAR FILE.REF.

To: The Magistrate,

Magistracy,

Hong Kong.

I hereby certify that in connexion with an investigation of a licensed travel

agent (hereinafter called 'the travel agent') being conducted by me under section 21 of the Travel Agents Ordinance,

I am of the opinion that 'Mr/Madam/Miss (hereinafter called *the associated person-),
whose last known place of 'abode/businesslemployment is and whose
Hong Kong Identity Card number is is:-

(a) able to assist me in connexion with that investigation;

(b) associated with the business of the travel agent; and

(c) about to, or is likely to. leave Hong Kong.

By vinue of section 29(1) of the Travel Agents Ordinance, I hereby request you to make a prohibition order to
prevent the associated person from leaving Hong Kong propose to same the order on the Commissioner of Police, the Director of Immigration, and the associated
person *Mr./Madam/Miss .......... if *he/she can be found.

Dated this day of

19-

Registrar of Trelvel Agents

'Delete as appropriate.







FORM 11
TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE
(Chapter 218)

MAGISTRACY REF.
TAR FILE REF.

PROHIBITION ORDER

Upon the receipt of a certificate issued under the hand of the Registrar under section 29(1) of the Travel Agents
Ordinance, it is ordered that *Mr./Madam/Miss whose last known place of

'abode/business/employment is
and whose Hong Kong Identity Card number is is prohibited from leaving Hong Kong.





This order shall lapse after the expiry of 1 month from the date of this order, unless extended or renewed on the
application of the Registrar under section 29(4) of the Ordinance.

Dated this day of 19---

Magistrate

Magistracy
* Delete as appropriate.

NOTES. (1) Section 29(3) of the Ordinance provides that any person who leaves or attempts to leave Hong Kong in
wilful contravention of a prohibition order commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months and any person who commits an offence under section 29(3) may be arrested
without warrant by any immigration officer or police officer.

(2)Subject to section 29(6) of the Ordinance (which requires an applicant to give 3 clear days written
notice to the Registrar of Travel Agents of his intention to make an application and of the time and
place at which such application will be made), a person named in a prohibition order may apply to a
magistrate for an order to discharge the prohibition order.

(3) 4 copies of this prohibition order should be signed and sealed by the magistrate,






FORM 12

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

APPLICATION FOR *EXTENSION/RENEWAL OF PROHIBITION ORDER

TAR FILE REF.

To: The Magistrate,

Magistracy,

Hong Kong.

IN THE MATTER of an application undersection 29(4) of the Travel Agents Ordinance by the Registrar of Travel

Agents lot an 'extension/renewal of the order no. (Magistracy Ref.)
dated prohibiting (name) of

(place of *abode/business/employment)

and Hong Kong Identity Card number from leaving Hong Kong.

I .... Registrar of Travel Agents of (office address of Registrar)
apply for the

*extension/renewal of a prohibition order in respect of (name)

made by (name of Magistrate) on

(date of order)The application is for an *extension/renewal for
a period of *day/days/manth/months from
to (both dates inclusive) in accordance with section 29(4) of the Travel Agents
Ordinance.

2. The grounds of this application are-

Dated this day of 19-

Registrar of Travel Agents

*Delete as appropriate.







FORM 13
TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE
(Chapter 218)

MAGISTRACY FIEF.
TAR FILE REF.

-EXTENDED/RENEWED PROHIBITION ORDER

WHEREAS on hearing the application made on the --- ------dayof --- 19

by the Registrar of Travel Agents for *extension/renewal of the order no. (Magistracy Ref.)
dated prohibiting (name) of
(place of 'abode/business/employmern)
from leaving Hong Kong I am satisfied that such order should be *extended/renewed

By virtue of section 29(4) of the Travel Agents Ordinance, it is ordered that the said (name)

whose last known place of *abode/business/employment is
and whose Hong Kong Identity Card number is is prohibited from leaving Hong Kong

for a further period of *day/days/month/months until (inclusive)





Dated this day of 19-

Magistrate

'Delete 5 appropriate

NOTES. (1)Section 29(3) of the Ordinance provides that any person who leaves or attempts to leave Hong Kong in
wilful contravention of a prohibition order commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months and any person who commits an offence under section 29(3) may be
arrested without warrant by any immigration officer or police officer.

(2)Subject to section 29(6) of the Ordinance (which requires an applicant to give 3 clear days written
notice to the Registrar of Travel Agents of his intention to make an application and of the time and
place at which such application will be made), a person named in a prohibition order may apply to a
magistrate for an order to discharge the prohibition order.

(3) 4 copies of this prohibition order should be signed and sealed by the magistrate.








FORM 14

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF PROHIBITION ORDER

IN THE MATTER of a prohibition order number issued under the Travel Agents

Ordinance by (name of Magistracy) on (date)

AND

IN THE MATTER of an application under section 29(5) of the Travel Agents Ordinance for the discharge of a
prohibition order.

AND

IN THE MATTER of (name of applicant) the person affected by the
prohibition order.
I (name of applicant) of (address of applicant) - - - -- -

apply for discharge of the order prohibiting me from leaving Hong Kong issued by (name of Magistrate)
on (date)

The grounds for this application are-

A notice of intention to apply for Discharge of Prohibition Order was served by me on the Registrar of Travel
Agents on (date)

Dated this day of

Applicant
NOTE. Under section 29(6) of the Travel Agents Ordinance an applicant is required to give 3 clear days written
notice (which is in prescribed Form. 15) to the Registrar of Trawl Agents of his intention to make an
application to discharge a prohibition order and of the time and place at which such application will be made.





FORM 15

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE
(Chapter 218)

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR DISCHARGE OF PROHIBITION ORDER

To: The Registrar of Travel Agents

In accordance with section 29(6) of the Travel Agents Ordinance, I (name) of
(address)





hereby notify you that I intend to make an application to (name of Magistracy)
on (date) for the discharge of a prohibition order issued by (name of
Magistrate) on (date)

Signature

Date

NOTE: This notice must be delivered to the Registrar not later than 3 clear days before an application is made to a
magistrate to discharge the prohibition order,






FORM 16 [Reg 16 (g)]

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

DISCHARGE OF PROHIBITION ORDER

To: The Registrar of Travel Agents

WHEREAS on hearing the application made under section 29(5) of the Travel Agents Ordinance on the

- day of 19- by (name of applicant)

of (address of applicant)
to discharge the said applicant from an order prohibiting 'him/her from leaving Hong Kong I am satisfied that the
order should be discharged.

By virtue of section 29(7) of the Travel Agents Ordinance, I hereby discharge the order issued by (name of

Magistrate) at the

Magistracy on (date) prohibiting the said applicant from leaving Hong Kong

*subject to the following conditions-

Dated this day of 19

Magistrate magistracy

*Delete as approprate

NOTES (1) 4 copies of this order should be signed and sealed by the magistrate

(2) This order should be served by the applicant on the Registrar of Travel Agents, the
Director of Immigration and the Commissioner of Police.







FORM 17 [reg, 17,]

TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE

(Chapter 218)

APPLICATION FOR EX GRATIA PAYMENT FROM THE RESERVE FUND UNDER SECTION 43
OF THE ORDINANCE

In accordance with Pari VI of the Travel Agents Ordinance, I a client of
a licensed travel agent whose licence

number is hereby apply for an ex gratia payment from the Reserve Fund under
section 44(1) of the Ordinance,

2. My personal particulars are as follows-

(1) Name: *Mr/Madam/Miss

(2) Alias (if any):

(3) 'Hong Kong Identity Card/Passport (if applicable) No.:

(4) Age:

(5) Occupation: - -

(6) Residential Address:

Telephone No,

(7) Correspondence Address:

Telephone No.:





3, In support of this application, I attach herewith a certified true copy of-

a judgment against the travel agent given by (give name of the
court where the judgment is given) on (date); or

a proof of debt against the travel agent lodged with
on (date),
in respect of-

a loss incurred in respect of a payment for travel services made by me to the licensee particulars of which
are or

a loss or liability incurred in consequence of a breach by the licensee of his obligations as a travel agent to
me particulars of which are

4 I confirm that the said *judgment/proof of debt has remained unsatisfied to, the following
reasons (in relation to
a judgment, give details of information and evidence as to what steps have been taken to enforce the judgment)-

(Signature of applicant)

Date

*Delete as appropriate

NOTES

1 The applicant is advised to read Part VI of the Travel Agents Ordinance before submitting
this application

2 Additional information and documentary evidence may be required in support of this application.

3 This form shall be completed in duplicate, and be delivered by post or in person to the Registrar of Travel Agents
at the following address

TRAVEL AGENTS REGISTRY,
6TH FLOOR, EAST WING,
HENNESSY CENTRE, 500
HENNESSY ROAD. HONG
KONG.







1985 Ed.]




THIRD SCHEDULE [reg. 15(c).]

STATEMENT oF TRAVEL AGENT

Name of travel agent:
Licence number of travel agent:
Ticket/invoice/ receipt No.: ..........................................................

Date: ............. ........................
.............................................

Name of airline: .......................... ....... ....................................
.............

Type of fare: first classibusiness class/economy class/excursion/apex/group

other ............................. ................................................ ............

Validity:....................1 year/within specific dates /other

Restrictions: none/ non-endorsable/non-reroutable/non-refundable/other

Change of dates:...yes/no/on giving........... ...... ............................... days notice

Handling charge:...............none/$ ........................

Refund penalty:..........yes/no If yes % or S

Subject to all terms and conditions as printed in the tickets of the carriers.

Remarks: .....................
.............................................

L.N. 341/85. Citation. Keeping of register. Inspection and copies of register. First Schedule. Publication of register. Copies to be admissible as evidence. Meetings of Advisory Committee. Transaction of business by circulation of papers. Fees. First Schedule. Application and particulars. Second Schedule, Form 2. Form 3. Form 4. Form 5. Notice of application. Form of licence. Second Schedule, Form 1. Duplicate licence. First Schedule. Renewal of licence. Second Schedule. Form 6. Form 7. Form 8. Form 9. General requirements imposed on licensees. Interpretation of regulation 14. Third Schedule. Form of certificate, application and orders. Form 10. Form 11. Form 12. Form 13. Form 14. Form 15. Form 16. Second Schedule. Application for ex gratia payment. Second Schedule, Form 17.

L.N. 341/85. Citation. Keeping of register. Inspection and copies of register. First Schedule. Publication of register. Copies to be admissible as evidence. Meetings of Advisory Committee. Transaction of business by circulation of papers. Fees. First Schedule. Application and particulars. Second Schedule, Form 2. Form 3. Form 4. Form 5. Notice of application. Form of licence. Second Schedule, Form 1. Duplicate licence. First Schedule. Renewal of licence. Second Schedule. Form 6. Form 7. Form 8. Form 9. General requirements imposed on licensees. Interpretation of regulation 14. Third Schedule. Form of certificate, application and orders. Form 10. Form 11. Form 12. Form 13. Form 14. Form 15. Form 16. Second Schedule. Application for ex gratia payment. Second Schedule, Form 17.

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