Tourist Traffic Act 1939

37C
37C

F44[37C. (1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor or occupier of any premises to describe or hold out or permit any person to describe or hold out such premises as an approved holiday cottage, approved holiday house, approved holiday home or approved holiday villa, or as being of any other description prescribed for the purposes of this section, unless the premises are registered in the register of approved holiday cottages and such proprietor or occupier is registered in that register as the registered proprietor of such premises.

(2) Any person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to F45[a fine not exceeding £500 together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine (not exceeding £300 in all) not exceeding £20 for every day during which the offence is continued.]

(3) This section shall come into operation on such day as may be appointed in that behalf by order of the Minister.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F44

Inserted (5.08.1970) by Tourist Traffic Act 1970 (16/1970), s. 6(d), commenced on enactment.

F45

Substituted (15.11.1983) by Tourist Traffic Act 1983 (31/1983), s. 3 item 10, commenced on enactment.

Modifications (not altering text):

C35

Enforcement of section extended (15.11.1983) by Tourist Traffic Act 1983 (31/1983), s. 4, commenced on enactment.

Prohibition by Circuit Court of unauthorised use of titles protected by Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1983.

4.—(1) Where a person is acting in contravention of section 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 37A, 37B, 37C or 37D of the Principal Act (as amended), the Court may, on the application of the Board, by order prohibit the continuance of the contravention.

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Editorial Notes:

E42

No side-note was included in the amending provision.