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The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992
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Information to be provided in good timeU.K.
8.—(1) The other party to the contract shall in good time before the start of the journey provide the consumer with the information specified in paragraph (2) below in writing or in some other appropriate form.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:—
(a)the times and places of intermediate stops and transport connections and particulars of the place to be occupied by the traveller (for example, cabin or berth on ship, sleeper compartment on train);
(b)the name, address and telephone number—
(i)of the representative of the other party to the contract in the locality where the consumer is to stay,
or, if there is no such representative,
(ii)of an agency in that locality on whose assistance a consumer in difficulty would be able to call,
or, if there is no such representative or agency, a telephone number or other information which will enable the consumer to contact the other party to the contract during the stay; and
(c)in the case of a journey or stay abroad by a child under the age of 16 on the day when the journey or stay is due to start, information enabling direct contact to be made with the child or the person responsible at the place where he is to stay; and
(d)except where the consumer is required as a term of the contract to take out an insurance policy in order to cover the cost of cancellation by the consumer or the cost of assistance, including repatriation, in the event of accident or illness, information about an insurance policy which the consumer may, if he wishes, take out in respect of the risk of those costs being incurred.
(3) If the consumer is not provided with the information required by paragraph (1) in accordance with that paragraph the other party to the contract shall be guilty of an offence and liable:—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 8 in force at 23.12.1992, see reg. 1
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