Travel (Departure Tax and Environmental Protection Fee) (Amendment) Law, 2012

Gazette No. 123 dated 11th December, 2012.

THE TRAVEL (DEPARTURE TAX AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FEE) (AMENDMENT) LAW, 2012

(LAW 28 OF 2012)

Law 28 of 2012.

I Assent

Franz Manderson

Acting Governor.

7th December, 2012

A LAW TO AMEND THE TRAVEL (DEPARTURE TAX AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FEE) LAW (2003 REVISION) TO INCREASE THE DEPARTURE TAX; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES

ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. This Law may be cited as the Travel (Departure Tax and Environmental Protection Fee) (Amendment) Law, 2012. The Travel (Departure Tax and Environmental Protection Fee) Law (2003 Revision) is amended by repealing section 4 and substituting the following section -

“Duty of agents (1) Every agent shall collect the sum of twenty-six dollars from every traveller in every outward bound vessel in respect of which he is appointed and account therefor in the following manner - (a) where the vessel is an aircraft, ten dollars to the Collector and sixteen dollars to the Authority; and (b) where the vessel is neither an aircraft nor a cruise ship, twenty-six dollars to the Collector, and every traveller shall, on demand, pay the said amount to Short title Repeal and substitution of section 4 of the Travel (Departure Tax and Environmental Protection Fee) Law (2003 Revision) - duty of agents

the agent. (2) Every agent shall collect the sum of six dollars from every tourist in a cruise ship in respect of which he is appointed, and account therefor to the Collector in the manner prescribed and every tourist shall, on demand, pay the said amount to the agent.”.

Passed by the Legislative Assembly the 15th day of November, 2012.

Mary J. Lawrence

Speaker.

Zena Merren-Chin

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.