Tanzania
Tourists Agents (Licensing) Act
Chapter 65
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 March 1969
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Tourist Agents (Licensing) Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"business of a tourist agent" includes negotiating, whether by correspondence or otherwise, soliciting, canvassing or accepting business connected with the tourist industry;"hotel" includes a lodge, inn or any establishment intended for the reception of tourists or visitors;"licensed tourist agent" means a tourist agent licensed under the provisions of this Act;"licensing authority" means any person or body of persons appointed to be a licensing authority under the provisions of section 15;"Minister" means the Minister for the time being responsible for tourism;"public service vehicle" shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Transport Licensing Act1;"tourist agent" includes a travel agent or tour operator or any person who for reward, undertakes to provide for tourists and other members of the public in relation to tours and travel within or outside Tanzania, transport, whether by air, sea, railway or road, including procuration of tickets, accommodation, professional advice on tourism and other travel matters relating to tourism, and also includes any person who for reward, operates as an agent of a transporter for the purpose of soliciting customers for such transporter;"transporter" means any person who operates any transport service whether by sea, air railway or road for the carriage of passengers.3. Tourist agents to be licensed
4. Disqualification for obtaining licence
A licence to carry on the business of a tourist agent shall not be granted to any person who—5. Licensing authority may refuse to grant licence
6. Duration of licence
Every licence to carry on the business of a tourist agent shall expire on the thirty-first day of December immediately following the grant of such licence.7. Contents of licence
Every licence to carry on the business of a tourist agent shall be in the prescribed form and shall specify—8. Breach of condition to be an offence
Any person granted a licence under this Act to carry on the business of a tourist agent who fails to comply with any of the conditions of the licence specified in the licence, or carries on the business of a tourist agent other than the business specified in the licence, shall be guilty of an offence.9. Revocation of licence
10. Variation of conditions attached to licence
A licensing authority may at any time vary the conditions attached to a licence granted to any person under the provisions of this Act.11. Licensee to be given opportunity to be heard before revocation of conditions
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Act, a licensing authority shall not revoke any licence or vary the to be conditions of any licence granted under this Act without first having given the licence holder an opportunity to or variation show cause why the licence should not be revoked or, why the conditions should not be varied and the licence holder shall have a right to make representations to the licensing authority in such manner as may be prescribed.12. Appeals relating to conditions
Where any person who is or has been granted a licence is aggrieved by any condition imposed by the licensing authority, either at the time when the licence is granted or subsequently under the provisions of section 10, that person may appeal to the Minister and the Minister may vary or cancel any such condition.13. Application for licence
Every application for a licence under the provisions of this Act shall be in the prescribed form and shall be submitted to the licensing authority in accordance with the provisions of regulations made under this Act.14. Power to enter premises
15. Appointment of licensing authority
16. General penalty
Any person guilty of an offence under this Act or under any regulations made under this Act shall, unless some other penalty has been prescribed, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.17. Court's power in relation to offences under this Act
Where any person is convicted of an offence under this Act by a court of a resident magistrate, such court may, notwithstanding the provisions of section 170 of the Criminal Procedure Act2 impose maximum fine prescribed by this Act for such offence.18. Offences by corporate bodies
Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and it is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been facilitated by, any neglect on the part of any officer, member or servant of such body corporate or by any person who was purported to act in any such capacity, such officer, member or servant or such person as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence, and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.19. Decision of Minister to be final
The decision of the Minister on any appeal under this Act shall be final and shall not be subject to review by any court.20. Regulations
The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions and purposes of this Act and without prejudice to this generality, may make regulations—21. Exemption from Act
22. Publication of list of tourist agents
The Minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette, at such intervals as he may think fit, a list of all tourist agents licensed under the provisions of this Act.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 March 1969
Commenced
Subsidiary legislation
Title | Numbered title |
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Tourist Agents (Licensing) Regulations, 1969 | Government Notice 34 of 1969 |
Cited documents 2
Legislation 2
1. | Criminal Procedure Act | 50 citations |
2. | Transport Licensing Act | 9 citations |
Documents citing this one 2
Judgment 1
1. | Peter Ng'omango vs Gerson M.K. Mwangwa & The Attorney General [1992] TZHC 44 (11 December 1992) |
Legislation 1
1. | Tourist Agents (Licensing) Regulations, 1969 |