1998 No. 1208
The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours (Amendment) Regulations 1998
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Whereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to measures relating to consumer protection as regards package travel, package holidays and package tours:
Now, therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 2(2) of that Act hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and CommencementI11
These Regulations may be cited as the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th June 1998.
InterpretationI22
Terms used in these Regulations shall have the same meaning as in the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 19923 (“the principal Regulations”).
Application of regulation 4I33
Regulation 4 below shall not apply where a brochure is made available to a consumer at any time which is identical to a brochure first made available to consumers generally before 1st October 1998.
Requirements as to brochuresI44
In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations the words “nationals of the member State or States in which the brochure is made available” shall be substituted for the words “British citizens”.
Information to be provided before contract is concludedI55
In regulation 7(2)(a) of the principal Regulations the words “nationals of the member State or States concerned” shall be substituted for the words “British Citizens”.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)