Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1988 - SECT 9

(1) For the purposes of this Act but subject to this section, a person carries on business as a travel agent if the person, in the course of a business, sells or arranges for the sale of or advertises that he or she is willing to sell or arrange for the sale of--

(a) rights to travel; or

(b) rights to travel and accommodation.

(2) A person does not carry on business as a travel agent--

(a) by reason only of anything done in the course of his or her employment; or

(b) by reason only of selling, or arranging for the sale of, rights to travel in a vehicle owned by him or her; or

(c) by reason only of selling, or arranging for the sale of, rights to accommodation at a place owned by him or her.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a person is the owner of a vehicle or place of accommodation if the person has lawful possession of the vehicle or place of accommodation.