Section 12
Application for travel agent licence
of Tourism Act
(1)
A person who desires to apply for a travel agent licence shall make an application to the Director in such form and manner as the Director may determine.
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(2)
In considering any application under subsection (1), the Director may require the applicant to —
(a)
furnish him with such additional document or information;
and
(b)
satisfy such other matters as the Director may determine.
(3)
Upon considering an application received under subsection (1), the Director may —
(a)
grant a travel agent licence, with or without conditions; or
(b)
refuse to grant a travel agent licence.
(4)
The Director shall refuse to grant a travel agent licence if —
(a)
satisfactory evidence has not been produced of the good name and character of the applicant or, if the applicant is a company, of its officers holding a managerial or an executive position or, if the applicant is a firm, of the members of the firm;
(b)
satisfactory evidence has not been produced to show that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a travel agent licence;
(c)
the applicant or, if the applicant is a firm, any member of the firm, has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or moral turpitude or, if the applicant is a company, any of its officers holding a managerial or an executive position has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or moral turpitude; or
(d)
the Director considers it in the public interest to do so.
(5)
The Director may, at any time vary, or cancel any of the existing conditions of a licence or impose conditions or additional conditions thereto.
(6)
The Director shall, prior to taking any action under subsection (4), notify its intention to take such action to the licensed travel agent concerned and shall give the licensed travel agent an opportunity to submit reasons why the conditions of his licence should not be so varied or cancelled.
(7)
Where a licence is subject to conditions, the licensed travel agent shall comply with those conditions.
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(8)
Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Director under this section may, within one month of being notified of the decision of the
Director, appeal against such decision to the Minister whose decision is final.