New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 16

16 Term of, and authority conferred by, licence

(1) Except while it is suspended, a licence continues in force until, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, it is surrendered or cancelled.

(2) Where a licensee ceases to participate in the compensation scheme, the licence is suspended until the licensee again participates in the scheme.

(3) A licence authorises the licensee to carry on business as a travel agent under the name or names specified in the licence subject to and in accordance with this Act and the conditions and restrictions to which the licence is subject.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, sections 17 and 20 excepted, a person whose licence is suspended under subsection (2) or under section 20 (8) or 21 shall, while the suspension continues, be deemed to be a person who does not hold a licence.