Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995

F18[Binding character of pre-contractual information and conclusion of the package travel contract.

10A

10A. (1) The information provided to the traveller pursuant to section 10(1)(a), (c), (d), (e) and (g) shall form an integral part of the package travel contract and shall not be altered unless the contracting parties expressly agree to that alteration.

(2) The organiser and, where a package is sold through a retailer, the retailer, shall communicate all changes to the pre-contractual information to the traveller in a clear, comprehensible and prominent manner before the conclusion of the package travel contract.

(3) Where the organiser and, where a package is sold through a retailer, the retailer, has not complied with the requirement to provide information on additional fees, charges or other costs referred to in section 10(1)(c) before the conclusion of the package travel contract, the traveller shall not be liable for those fees, charges or other costs.

(4) An organiser and, where a package is sold through a retailer, the retailer, who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.]

Annotations:

Amendments:

F18

Inserted (11.03.2019) by European Union (Package Travel And Linked Travel Arrangements) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 80 of 2019), reg. 7.

Editorial Notes:

E8

The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.