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Development of Tourism Act 1969-Josh&Marshall

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Development of Tourism Act 1969-Josh&Marshall

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The development of tourism act 1969 established national tourism bodies such as the British tourist authority.

The act makes the bodies promote and coordinate development affairs, this meant that the industry had a unified structure and a voice for marketing and policy advice.

This act also provided a framework for financial aid to hotels for new construction or refurbishment, addressing the limited supply of accommodation which was viewed as a bottleneck for growth.

The BTA and its associated boards encourage domestic and international travel(outbound)

By encouraging travel there was improvement of amenities and facilities, therefore raising the standards.

The act recognised the sectors importance in economic growth.

The act had a national structure, that evolved the responsibility of tourism to the Scottish government and welsh assembly, meaning visit Scotland and visit Wales had power to market their regions independently.

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An Act to provide for the establishment of a British Tourist Authority and Tourist Boards for England, Scotland and Wales with responsibility for promoting the development of tourism to and within Great Britain; to provide for the giving of financial assistance out of public funds for the provision of new hotels and the extension, alteration and improvement of existing hotels; to enable provision to be made for the registration of hotels and other establishments at which sleeping accommodation is provided by way of trade or business and for securing that the prices charged there for such accommodation are brought to the notice of persons seeking to avail themselves of it; and for connected purposes.

[25th July 1969]

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Commencement Information

1 Establishment of British Tourist Authority, English Tourist Board[ , Scottish Tourist Board and Wales Tourist Board ].

(1) For the purposes of this Act there shall be established [ four ] bodies to be known respectively as the British Tourist Authority, the English Tourist Board[ , and the Wales Tourist Board ].

(2) The British Tourist Authority shall consist of-

(3) The English Tourist Board shall consist of a chairman and not more than six other members appointed by the [ Secretary of State for ] , ] [ VisitScotland ] shall consist of a chairman and not more than six other members appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland[ , and the Wales Tourist Board shall consist of a chairman and not more than other members appointed by the Secretary of State for Wales ].

(5) Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to each of the bodies established by this section.

(6) In this Act "Tourist Board" means any of the bodies established by this section, and "the relevant Minister" means, in relation to the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourist Board, the [ Secretary of State for ] , ] in relation to [ VisitScotland ], the Secretary of State for Scotland [ and, in relation to the Wales Tourist Board, the Secretary of State for Wales ].

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(1) It shall be the function of the British Tourist Authority-

(a) to encourage people to visit Great Britain and people living in Great Britain to take their holidays there; and

(b) to encourage the provision and improvement of tourist amenities and facilities in Great Britain.

and the English Tourist Board, [ F4VisitScotland ] and the [ F13 Wales Tourist Board ] shall have the like functions as respects England, Scotland and Wales respectively.

(2) In addition to the specific powers conferred on it by or under the subsequent provisions of this Act but subject to subsections (3) [ and (4) ] of this section, each Tourist Board[ and the National Assembly for Wales ] shall have power to do anything for the purpose of discharging the functions conferred on it by this section or which is incidental or conducive to the discharge of those functions and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions) for that purpose-

(a) to promote or undertake publicity in any form;

(b) to provide advisory and information services;

(c) to promote or undertake research;

(d) to establish committees to advise them in the performance of their functions;

(e) to contribute to or reimburse expenditure incurred by any other person or organisation in carrying on any activity which the Board[ or the National Assembly for Wales ] has power to carry on under paragraph ( a), ( b) or ( c) of this subsection.

(4) None of the Tourist Boards shall have power, except as provided by sections 3 and 4 of this Act, to give financial assistance for the carrying out of, or itself to carry out, any project for providing or improving tourist amenities and facilities in Great Britain.

(5) In discharging their functions under this section the English Tourist Board, [ VisitScotland ] and the [ Wales Tourist Board ] shall have regard to the desirability of fostering and, in appropriate cases, co-operating with organisations discharging functions corresponding to those of [ the Boards ] [ those bodies ] [ or the National Assembly for Wales ] in relation to particular areas within the countries for which the [ the Boards ] [ those bodies ] [ or the National Assembly for Wales ] are respectively responsible; and, without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, each of those [ Boards ] [ bodies ] [ and the National Assembly for Wales ] shall have power to provide such organisations with financial or other assistance.

(7) A Tourist Board may charge for its services and receive contributions towards its expenses in carrying out any of its functions.

(8) A Tourist Board shall not borrow money except with the consent of the relevant Minister and the Treasury.

(9) In this Part of this Act "tourist amenities and facilities" means, in relation to any country, amenities and facilities for visitors to that country and for other people travelling within it on business or pleasure.

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(1) The British Tourist Authority may, after consultation with the English Tourist Board, [ VisitScotland ] and the [ Wales Tourist Board ] prepare schemes providing for the giving of financial assistance by those Boards[ and the National Assembly for Wales ] for the carrying out of projects of such classes as may be specified in the schemes, being projects which in the opinion of the Authority will provide or improve tourist amenities and facilities in Great Britain.

(3) A scheme under this section may provide for financial assistance to be given by way of grant or loan or by any combination of those methods.

(1) A Tourist Board shall have power-

(a) in accordance with arrangements approved by the relevant Minister and the Treasury, to give financial assistance for the carrying out of any project which in the opinion of the Board will provide or improve tourist amenities and facilities in the country for which the Board is responsible;

(b) with the approval of the relevant Minister and the Treasury, to carry out any such project as aforesaid.

(2) Financial assistance under subsection (1)( a) of this section may be given by way of grant or loan or, if the project is being or is to be carried out by a company incorporated in Great Britain, by subscribing for or otherwise acquiring shares or stock in the company, or by any combination of those methods.

(3) In making a grant or loan in accordance with arrangements approved under subsection (1)( a) of this section a Tourist Board may, subject to the arrangements, impose such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, including conditions for the repayment of a grant in specified circumstances; and Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for securing compliance with conditions subject to which any such grant is made.

(4) A Tourist Board shall not dispose of any shares or stock acquired by it by virtue of this section except-

(a) after consultation with the company in which the shares or stock are held; and

(b) with the approval of the relevant Minister and the Treasury.

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The National Assembly for Wales shall have power-

to give financial assistance for the carrying out of any project which in its opinion will provide or improve tourist amenities and facilities in Wales;

Financial assistance under subsection (1) of this section may be given by way of grant or loan or, if the project is being or is to be carried out by a company incorporated in Great Britain, by subscribing for or otherwise acquiring shares or stock in the company or by any combination of those methods.

In making a grant or loan under subsection (1)(a) of this section the National Assembly for Wales may impose such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, including conditions for the repayment of a grant in specified circumstances; and Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for securing compliance with conditions subject to which any such grant is made.

The National Assembly for Wales shall not dispose of any shares or stock acquired by it by virtue of this section except after consultation with the company in which the shares or stock are held. ]

(2) In the last foregoing subsection "public body" includes any local authority or statutory undertaker, and any trustees, commissioners, board or other persons, who, as a public body and not for their own profit, act under any enactment for the improvement of any place or the production or supply of any commodity or service.

(3) The British Tourist Authority shall have power to carry on, at the request of any corresponding body established under the law of Northern Ireland, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and on such terms as may be agreed upon between the Authority and that body, activities outside the United Kingdom and those Islands for encouraging people to visit Northern Ireland or those Islands.

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(1) Each Tourist Board shall keep proper accounts and other records in relation to the accounts and shall prepare in respect of each of its financial years a statement of account in such form as the relevant Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

(2) The statement of account prepared by each Tourist Board for each financial year shall be submitted to the relevant Minister at such time as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct.

(3) The relevant Minister shall, on or before 30th November in any year, transmit to the Comptroller and Auditor General the statement of account prepared by each Tourist Board under this section for the financial year last ended.

(4) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine and certify each statement of account transmitted to him under this section and lay before Parliament copies of the statement of account together with his report thereon.

(5) Each Tourist Board shall provide the relevant Minister with such information relating to the activities or proposed activities of the Board as the Minister may from time to time require, and for that purpose shall permit any person authorised in that behalf by the Minister to inspect and make copies of its accounts, books, documents or papers and shall afford to that person such explanation thereof as he may reasonably require.

(6) Each Tourist Board shall as soon as possible after the end of each financial year make to the relevant Minister a report dealing with the activities of the Board during that year, and the Minister shall lay a copy of the report before each House of Parliament.

(7) In this section "financial year" means the period beginning with the commencement of this Act and ending with 31st March 1970, and each subsequent period of twelve months ending with 31st March.

In the application of this section to , for subsection (3) substitute- "

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(2) An Order under this section may in particular make provision-

(a) as to the form and contents of the register or registers to be maintained under the Order and as to the establishments to be registered therein;

(b) for requiring the person carrying on an establishment which is required to be registered to furnish, at such time or times as may be specified in the Order, to the body responsible for registering it such information as may be so specified;

(c) for the charging of annual or other periodical fees for registration;

(d) for the issue and display of certificates of registration and the display of signs indicating that an establishment is registered;

(e) for the inspection of establishments and for powers of entry for that purpose;

(f) for exemptions from any of the requirements of the Order;

(g) for securing compliance with any requirement of the Order by the imposition of a penalty not exceeding a fine of £200.

(3) If provision is made by an Order under this section for the classification or grading of the establishments entered in a register, the Order shall also make provision-

(b) for the publication of any criteria so determined;

(5) An Order under this section and any regulations made thereunder may make different provision for different cases and, in particular, provision may be made for an Order to come into force at different times in relation to, or to different parts of, England, Scotland and Wales respectively.

(6) Any Order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and may be revoked or varied by a subsequent Order under this section.

(7) A Tourist Board maintaining a register by virtue of an Order under this section shall have power to publish, or make available for publication, any information furnished to it by virtue of the Order and any information as to any classification or grade accorded under the Order to any establishment; and such information may be published or made available for publication either gratuitously or for consideration.

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(1) Her Majesty may, by an Order in Council applying to, or to any class of, hotels and other establishments in Great Britain at which sleeping accommodation is provided by way of trade or business, make provision for requiring the display at the establishments of information with respect to the prices charged there for such accommodation as aforesaid or otherwise for securing that such information is brought to the notice of persons seeking to avail themselves of the accommodation.

(2) Subsection (2)( e), ( f) and ( g) and subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 17 of this Act shall apply to an Order under this section as they apply to an Order under that section.

(1) The relevant Minister may, after consultation with a Tourist Board, give to it directions of a general character as to the exercise of its functions.

(b) the terms on which and the conditions subject to which any such loan is to be made;

and such directions may distinguish between different classes of case.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph ( a) of subsection (2) of this section, directions given by virtue of that paragraph may require a Tourist Board to be satisfied that the applicant cannot obtain a loan for the purpose in question from any other source, whether on terms which are more or less favourable than those of any loan which might be made by the Board.

(4) A Tourist Board shall give effect to any directions given to it under this section.

(1) The relevant Minister may pay to a Tourist Board such sums in respect of its expenditure as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

(2) Any sums required by a relevant Minister for making payments under subsection (1) of this section and any other expenses of a relevant Minister under this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(3) Any sums received by a Tourist Board-

(a) in repayment of, or as interest on, any loan made by it under this Act;

(b) in repayment of any grant made by it under this Act; or

(c) as dividend on, or otherwise in respect of, any shares or stock acquired by it under this Act,

shall be paid to the relevant Minister.

(4) Any sums received by a relevant Minister under subsection (3) of this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Development of Tourism Act 1969.

(2) In this Act "Wales" includes Monmouthshire and references to England shall be construed accordingly.

(3) This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.

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(a) has been absent from meetings of the Board for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Board; or

(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or

(c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or

(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member,

the relevant Minister may declare his office as a member of the Board to be vacant and shall notify the fact in such manner as he thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

(2) In the application of this paragraph to Scotland, for the references in the last foregoing sub-paragraph to a member's having become bankrupt and to a member's having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to sequestration of a member's estate having been awarded and to a member's having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.

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In paragraphs 3 to 9 of this Schedule, references to a member of the Board do not include, in the case of the British Tourist Authority, references to persons who are members thereof by virtue of section 1(2)( b) of this Act.

Sections 3, 4 and 12.

(2) A notice under this paragraph may require the information to which it relates to be furnished within such time as may be specified in the notice, and may require the documents to which it relates to be produced at such time and place as may be so specified:

Provided that the time specified in such a notice for furnishing any information or producing any document shall not be earlier than the end of the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the service of the notice.

(3) A notice under this paragraph may be served-

(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served;

(b) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person;

(c) by sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode; or

(d) in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at their registered or principal office, or sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at that office.

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(3) Summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this paragraph shall not be commenced after the expiration of three years from the commission of the offence, but subject to the foregoing limitation and notwithstanding anything in [ section 331 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 ], such proceedings may be commenced at any time within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge; and [ subsection (3) of the said section 331 ] shall apply for the purposes of this sub-paragraph as it applies for the purposes of that section.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs . . . (3) of this paragraph, a certificate of . . . the Lord Advocate, . . . , as to the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.

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(2) In this paragraph "director", in relation to a body corporate established by or under any enactment for the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any industry or undertaking or part of an industry or undertaking, being a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of that body.

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An Act to provide for the establishment of a British Tourist Authority and Tourist Boards for England, Scotland and Wales with responsibility for promoting the development of tourism to and within Great Britain; to provide for the giving of financial assistance out of public funds for the provision of new

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The Equality act regulations impact the tourism growth by requiring the businesses to become more inclusive to the society, which can expand and build the growth of their customer base and contribute towards a positive reputation.

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The primary law dealing with false or misleading descriptions was the trade descriptions act 1968, most of which has been superseded by newer, broader consumer protection legislation.  There is an Act passed in 2020 with the word "trade" in the title, but it is specifically about the disclosure of information relating to the flow of goods and services into and out of the UK for analysis purposes, not about false trade descriptions for consumers

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the main UK data protection laws are:

1. Data Protection Act 1998 (replaced)

2. Data Protection Act 2018 (current), which implements and supplements the UK GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, post-Brexit version).

These laws protect personal data — including the information collected by travel and tourism businesses such as:

Passenger details (names, contact info, passport numbers)

Payment and booking data

Travel itineraries and preferences

Key principles (under UK GDPR / DPA 2018):

Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency – businesses must tell customers how data is used.

Purpose limitation – use data only for the purpose collected (e.g., booking a holiday).

Data minimisation – collect only what’s necessary.

Accuracy – keep records up to date.

Storage limitation – don’t keep data longer than needed.

Integrity and confidentiality – protect data against loss, theft, or misuse.

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The transport act 2000 affected the travel and tourism industry by modernising transport and promoting sustainable travel, and improving public services like busses and trains. Key impacts include the introduction of quality partnerships for busses , a national concessionary fare scheme for older people. The act established qualities for bus services, encouraging cooperation between local authorities and operators to improve services, reduce congestion, and enhance air quality.

https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/legislation/uk-parliament-acts/transport-act-2000-c38

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Transport Act 2000 (2000 c 38)

The Transport Act 2000 established the framework for modernising and improving transport systems across the UK. It introduced measures to promote integrated and sustainable transport policies, such as encouraging local transport plans and strategies. The Act created the Strategic Rail Authority to oversee the railway network, promoting efficiency and service improvements. Additionally, it laid the groundwork for road user charging and workplace parking levies as tools to manage traffic congestion and emissions. This legislation also enhanced bus services through quality partnerships and contracts, aiming to provide more reliable and accessible public transport options.

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The Transport Act 2000 established the framework for modernising and improving transport systems across the UK. It introduced measures to promote integrated and sustainable transport policies, such as encouraging local transport plans and strategies. The Act created the Strategic Rail Authority to oversee the railway network, promoting efficiency and service improvements.

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ThePackage Travel and link travel arrangements regulations provide legal and financial protection for consumers when booking travel. Key protections include receiving all essential information upfront, being able to transfer your booking, and being entitled to a full refund if major changes are made to the trip. These regulations cover two types of arrangements: "packages," which combine at least two services like transport and accommodation for a single price, and "linked travel arrangements," which combine services booked with different providers through a single trader, offering less protection but still including insolvency protection.

Liability: At least one trader is liable for the proper performance of all services included in the package.

Information: You must receive all essential information about the package before booking.

Emergency contact: You will be given an emergency number to contact the organizer.

Transferring your booking: You can transfer your package to another person.

Price increases: The price can only be increased under specific circumstances (e.g., fuel costs) and not less than 20 days before the trip starts.

Significant changes: You can cancel without a fee and get a full refund if essential elements of the package are changed significantly by the organizer.

Exceptional circumstances: You can cancel without a fee if there are unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances at the destination, such as serious security problems.

Right to a refund or price reduction: You are entitled to a price reduction or compensation if services are not performed or are improperly performed.

Assistance: The organizer must provide assistance if you are in difficulty.

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Air passenger duty (APD) is a duty chargeable per passenger flying from UK airports to domestic and international airports

Air Passenger Duty (APD) can negatively affect the travel and tourism industry by: increasing flight costs which may lead to fewer bookings, reduced airline routs and a less competitive market

. This can particularly impact regional airports and domestic travel, as airlines might cut less profitable routes in response to the tax. On the other hand, advocates argue that APD can be offset by its environmental goals, and cuts to the tax could stimulate business travel, trade, and investment.

the effects on travel and tourism growth:

Increases costs for passengers: APD directly raises the cost of air tickets, with some reports finding it can be a significant portion of the total price for both short and long-haul flights. This reduces the demand for air travel as passengers are priced out of the market

Reduced competitiveness: The UK has higher APD rates than many European competitors, making it less attractive for both inbound and outbound tourism compared to destinations like Spain, Germany, and Italy