New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 26

26 Death of licensee

(1) Where a licensee dies, a person who is, or who is named as, or who intends to apply to become, a legal personal representative of the deceased licensee may, within 28 days after the death or such longer period as the Director-General allows, apply to the Director-General to be allowed to carry on the business as a travel agent of the deceased licensee during:

(a) the period that commences with the date of death of the licensee and ends 6 months later, or

(b) the period that commences with the date of death of the licensee and ends immediately before the next succeeding anniversary of the date on which the licence was granted,

whichever is the longer.

(2) The Director-General may grant or refuse an application under this section and, where the Director-General grants the application, may impose such conditions as the Director-General thinks fit, being conditions subject to which the business to which the application relates may be carried on.

(3) A personal representative authorised under this section to carry on the business of a deceased licensee shall, subject to this Act and any conditions imposed under this section, be deemed to be, while so authorised, the holder of the licence of the deceased licensee.