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1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.

(2) Nothing in these Regulations applies to—

(a) a package travel contract, or

(b) a linked travel arrangement,

concluded before [^F1IP completion day^F1] .

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a) ^M2 “ package travel contract ” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 ;

(b) “ linked travel arrangement ” has the meaning given in regulation 2(3) and (4) of those Regulations.

Amendment of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018_I2

2.The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.

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3. In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit the definition of “the Directive”;

[^F2 (ii) in the definition of “travel service”, in paragraph (c)(iii), for “point (c) of Article 4(3) of Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences”, substitute “ Part 1 of Schedule 2 (categories and sub-categories of vehicle for licensing purposes) to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999” ; ^F2]

(iii) in the entry relating to “Union passenger rights legislation”, omit “Union” and reposition the definition so amended at the appropriate place;

(b) in paragraph (2), for the words from “point 5” to the end substitute ^M3 “ regulation 4 of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 ” .

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4. In regulation 7(13) (content of the package travel contract and other documents), for the words from “point 8” to the end substitute ^M4 “ regulation 5 of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 ” .

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5. In regulation 19 (insolvency protection for packages)—

(a) omit paragraph (2);

(b) in paragraph (4)(a), omit “or in any other member State”;

(c) in paragraph (6), omit sub-paragraph (a) and the “or” after it;

(d) omit paragraph (11).

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6. In regulation 20(8) (bonding), in the definition of “authorised institution”, omit “or of a member State”.

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7. In regulation 21(7)(a) (bonding where approved body has reserve fund or insurance), omit “a member State,”.

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8. In regulation 22(1) (insurance), omit “a member State,”.

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9. In regulation 23(1) (monies in trust), omit “or a member State”.

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10. In regulation 26 (insolvency protection and information requirements for linked travel arrangements)—

(a) omit paragraph (2);

(b) in paragraph (4)(a), omit “or in any other member State”;

(c) in paragraph (6), omit sub-paragraph (a) and the “or” after it;

(d) in paragraph (7), for “a member State”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ the United Kingdom ” .

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11. In regulation 27 (specific obligations of the retailer where the organiser is established outside the European Economic Area), for “European Economic Area”, in both places it occurs (including in the heading), substitute “ United Kingdom ” .

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12. In Schedule 5 (information to be provided in the package travel contract)—

(a) in paragraph 3, omit the words from “, and, where” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 7, for the words from “Directive 2013/11/EU” to the end substitute ^M5 “ the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Competent Authorities and Information) Regulations 2015 ” .