Tourism Services Regulation 2003


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Tourism Services Regulation 2003

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Tourism Services Regulation 2003.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 December 2003.

3Fees

The fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 1.

s 3 amd 2017 SL No. 109 s 122

3AFee exemption or reduction for particular applications for renewal of registration

(1)This section applies in relation to an application for renewal of a registrant’s registration made under section 22(1) of the Act if the registration expires between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021, both dates inclusive.
(2)Despite section 3
(a)if the application is for registration for a term of 1 year—no registration renewal fee is payable for the application; and
(b)if the application is for registration for a term of 3 years—the registration renewal fee payable for the application is $1,574.
(3)This section expires on 31 March 2021.

s 3A ins 2020 SL No. 250 s 32 (retro)

exp 31 March 2021 (see s 3A(3))

4Keeping records and other documents

(1)This section applies to a person who is, or has been, an inbound tour operator.
(2)The person must keep the person’s accounting records for a financial year for at least 7 years after the end of the financial year.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3)The person must, for each travel package arranged by the person that includes visiting a place, or travelling, in Queensland, keep a copy of the following until the retention day for the travel package—
(a)all itineraries and quotations used by the person for the travel package;
(b)all documents used by the person to promote the travel package.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4)In this section—
accounting records, of a person, means the financial records kept by the person for carrying on the business of an inbound tour operator.
retention day, for a travel package, means the day that is 2 years after the later of the following days—
(a)the last day a tourist arrives in Queensland under the travel package;
(b)the day the person ceases to use, or materially changes, the travel package.

5Change in circumstances for which notice must be given

For section 33 of the Act, a change in any of the following circumstances for a registrant is prescribed—
(a)the registrant’s name;
(b)the name under which the registrant carries on business;
(c)the registrant’s residential address, business address or postal address;
(d)the registrant’s phone number, fax number, mobile phone number or email address;
(e)any change that would make the registrant no longer a suitable person to hold registration under section 13 or section 14 of the Act;
(f)for a corporation, the composition of the executive officers of the corporation;
(g)for a partnership, the composition of the partners in the partnership.

s 5 ins 2008 SL No. 355 s 3

Schedule 1 Fees

section 3

  

$

1

Application fee for registration under section 20 of the Act

76.55

2

Registration issue fee under section 20 of the Act—for each year

773.10

3

Registration renewal fee under section 22 of the Act—for each year

773.10

4

Application fee for changing a condition of registration under section 18 of the Act

50.25

5

Application for replacement of a registration certificate under section 27 of the Act

24.55

6

Inspecting a register kept under section 28 or 72 of the Act

16.35

7

Obtaining a copy of an entry in a register kept under section 28 or 72 of the Act

16.35

sch 1 (prev sch) sub 2004 SL No. 103 s 3 sch; 2005 SL No. 135 s 3 sch; 2006 SL No. 162 s 3 sch; 2007 SL No. 149 s 3 sch; 2008 SL No. 266 s 3 sch; 2009 SL No. 120 s 3 sch; 2010 SL No. 128 s 61; 2011 SL No. 115 s 3 sch; 2012 SL No. 102 s 3 sch; 2013 SL No. 122 s 3 sch; 2014 SL No. 128 s 3 sch; 2015 SL No. 53 s 113; 2016 SL No. 85 s 111; 2017 SL No. 109 s 123; 2018 SL No. 72 s 116; 2019 SL No. 105 s 115