Number 3 of 1982

TRANSPORT (TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENTS) ACT 1982

REVISED

Updated to 9 December 2022

Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Transport (Travel Trade) Acts 1982 and 1995: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995 (17/1995), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (3/1982)

• Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995 (17/1995)

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014)

• Fines Act 2010 (8/2010)

• Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (1/2001)

• Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995 (17/1995)

All Acts up to and including Air Navigation and Transport Act 2022 (40/2022), enacted 7 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (Disbursements from Fund) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 644 of 2022)

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act, 1982 (Claims by Customers) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 290 of 2021)

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (Disbursements from Fund) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 105 of 2021)

• European Union (Package Travel) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 219 of 2020 )

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (Disbursements from Fund) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 218 of 2020)

• European Union (Package Travel And Linked Travel Arrangements) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 80 of 2019)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 61 of 2012)

• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 660 of 2010)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 659 of 2010)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 527 of 2006)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 526 of 2006)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 213 of 1995)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1995(S.I. No. 212 of 1995)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 183 of 1993)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 182 of 1993)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 176 of 1992)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 175 of 1992)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 160 of 1989)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 159 of 1989)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 133 of 1988)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 132 of 1988)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 (S.I. No. 176 of 1987)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 (S.I. No. 175 of 1987)

• Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 1987 (S.I. No. 92 of 1987)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 435 of 1986)

• Travellers' Protection Fund (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 434 of 1986)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 216 of 1986)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 215 of 1986)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 165 of 1985)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 166 of 1985)

• Travellers' Protection Fund Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 139 of 1984)

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act, 1982 (Claims by Customers) Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 104 of 1983)

• Travellers' Protection Fund Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 103 of 1983)

• Tour Operators and Travel Agents (Bonding) Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 102 of 1983)

• Travel Agents (Licensing) Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 101 of 1983)

• Tour Operators (Licensing) Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 100 of 1983)

• Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982, (Commencement) Order 1983 (S.I. No. 99 of 1983)

All statutory instruments up to and including Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982 (Disbursements from Fund) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 644 of 2022), made 9 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.