Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995

Transfer of booking.

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F24[16. (1) (a) A traveller may, before the start of the package, transfer the package travel contract to a person who satisfies all the conditions applicable to that contract on giving reasonable notice on a durable medium to the organiser.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), notice given by the traveller to the organiser not later than 7 days before the start of the package shall be deemed to be reasonable notice.

(2) The transferor and the transferee of the package travel contract shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of the balance due under the contract and for any additional fees, charges or other costs arising from the transfer.

(3) The organiser shall inform the transferor of the actual costs of the transfer and those costs shall not be unreasonable and shall not exceed the actual cost incurred by the organiser due to the transfer of the package travel contract.

(4) The organiser shall provide the transferor with a statement justifying, and the basis for the calculation of, the additional fees, charges or other costs arising from the transfer of the package travel contract.]

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Substituted (11.03.2019) by European Union (Package Travel And Linked Travel Arrangements) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 80 of 2019), reg. 10.