Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) The amendments in
this section are to the Travel Agents Act 1985 * .
[*
Reprinted as at 22 April 1997.
For subsequent amendments see
2001 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, p. 388. ]
(2) After
section 12(2)(b) the following paragraph is inserted —
“
(ba) the individual has been found guilty of an offence
under section 187 of The Criminal Code or section 50DA or 50DB of the
Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth;
”.
(3) Section 12(4) is
amended as follows:
(a)
after paragraph (g) by deleting “or”;
(b)
after paragraph (h) by deleting the full stop and inserting
instead —
“ ; or ”;
(c)
after paragraph (h) by inserting the following paragraph —
“
(i) the body corporate, or any person referred to in
paragraph (e), (g) or (h), has been found guilty of an offence under
section 187 of The Criminal Code or section 50DA or 50DB of the Crimes Act
1914 of the Commonwealth.
”.
(4) After
section 21(4) the following subsection is inserted —
“
(4a) If it appears to the Chairman, whether or not as a
result of an objection lodged under subsection (1), that there are
grounds for believing that a licensee has been found guilty of an offence
under section 187 of The Criminal Code or section 50DA or 50DB of the
Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth, the Chairman shall arrange for the
Tribunal to hold an inquiry into the truth of the matter.
”.
(5) Section 21(6) is
amended by inserting after “subsection (4)” —
“ or (4a) ”.
(6) After
section 22(1) the following subsection is inserted —
“
(1a) If after holding an inquiry in relation to a licence
the Tribunal is satisfied that the licensee has been found guilty of an
offence under section 187 of The Criminal Code or section 50DA or 50DB of the
Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth it —
(a)
shall, under subsection (1)(e), disqualify the licensee
permanently —
(i)
from being a licensee;
(ii)
from being concerned in the direction, management or
conduct of the business of a travel agent; and
(iii)
from being an officer of a body corporate that is a
licensee;
and
(c) may,
in addition and subject to subsection (4), take any one or more of the
other courses of action described in subsection (1).
”.
(7) Section 30(1) is
amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting “or” after paragraph (d);
(b) by
inserting after paragraph (d) the following paragraph —
“
(da) has been found guilty of an offence under section 187
of The Criminal Code or section 50DA or 50DB of the Crimes Act 1914 of the
Commonwealth; or
”.