HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - CHAPTER 302A HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - LONG TITLE Empowering section (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997 (Cap 302 section 20) [31 October 1958] (G.N.A. 70 of 1958) HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 1 (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 1 Citation VerDate:30/06/1997 These rules may be cited as the Hong Kong Tourist Association Rules. HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 2 (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 2 Application for membership VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) Application for membership of the Association shall be made on the forms authorized by the Board. (2) An application for membership by a recognized travel agent shall be accompanied by a certificate from an international passenger carrier to the effect that the applicant is the agent for such carrier. (L.N. 82 of 1983) HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 3 (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 3 Fees VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) The Board may, with the approval of the Financial Secretary, determine the entrance and annual fees payable by travel industry and ordinary members of the Association respectively. (2) The entrance and annual membership fees determined by the Board under paragraph (1) shall- (a) be published in the Gazette; (b) be payable in the case of annual membership fees on or before 1 April each year; (c) not be refunded upon termination of membership; and (d) be computed on a monthly basis with any period of all incomplete month counting as one month. (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(b), a member of the Association may, if he so chooses, pay the annual membership fee payable by him in 4 equal instalments on or before 1 April, 1 July, 1 October and 1 January each year. (L.N. 82 of 1983) HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 4 (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 4 Notice of meetings VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) Notice of each meeting of the Association shall be given to every member thereof at least 7 clear days before such meeting. Accidental omission to give such notice to any member shall not affect the validity of the meeting. (2) A letter containing such notice posted pre-paid to the address contained in the member's application form shall be a sufficient service of the notice. HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 5 (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 5 Chairman of meetings VerDate:30/06/1997 At meetings of the Association the Chairman shall be the Chairman of the Board or his nominee. The Chairman shall have an original vote and also, if the votes be equal, a casting vote. HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 6 (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 6 Quorum at meetings VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) At any meeting of the Association 10 travel industry or ordinary Members of the Association shall constitute a quorum. (2) In the event of there being no quorum at a meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place, or to such other day, time and place as the Chairman may by notice to the members appoint. At such adjourned meeting, the Chairman and 2 travel industry or ordinary Members may transact the business for which the meeting was called. (L.N. 82 of 1983) HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 7 (Repealed 3 of 2001 s. 35) VerDate:01/04/2001 HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION RULES - RULE 7 Requirements of membership VerDate:30/06/1997 It is required of all members of the Association that the shall- (a) undertake to further at all times the objects of the Association as set out in section 4 of the Ordinance; (b) maintain ethical standards at all times in the conduct of their business, discouraging malpractices contrary to the interests of the tourists; (c) employ for the purposes of their business only such guides as are registered with the Association; (d) inform the Board in writing of any changes in the Directors of the member company or the partners of the member partnership or the principal officers of the member association as the case may be; (e) comply with any codes of practice imposed by the Board. (L.N. 82 of 1983) (L.N. 82 of 1983)