Tourism Services Act 2003
sec.93Public warning statements
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sec.93 Public warning statements
The Minister or commissioner may make or issue a public statement identifying, and giving warnings or information about, any of the following— contraventions of this Act that have resulted in disciplinary proceedings and persons who commit the contraventions; conduct engaged in by inbound tour operators, whether or not they are registrants, or tour guides, that in all the circumstances the Minister or commissioner considers unconscionable; the commission of offences against this Act and persons who commit the offences. The statement may identify particular contraventions, business practices, unconscionable conduct, offences and persons. The Minister or commissioner must not issue a public statement or give a warning under this section unless satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so. (sec.93-ssec.1) The Minister or commissioner may make or issue a public statement identifying, and giving warnings or information about, any of the following— contraventions of this Act that have resulted in disciplinary proceedings and persons who commit the contraventions; conduct engaged in by inbound tour operators, whether or not they are registrants, or tour guides, that in all the circumstances the Minister or commissioner considers unconscionable; the commission of offences against this Act and persons who commit the offences. (sec.93-ssec.2) The statement may identify particular contraventions, business practices, unconscionable conduct, offences and persons. (sec.93-ssec.3) The Minister or commissioner must not issue a public statement or give a warning under this section unless satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.
- (a) contraventions of this Act that have resulted in disciplinary proceedings and persons who commit the contraventions;
- (b) conduct engaged in by inbound tour operators, whether or not they are registrants, or tour guides, that in all the circumstances the Minister or commissioner considers unconscionable;
- (c) the commission of offences against this Act and persons who commit the offences.