Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/634) (the “2018 Regulations”) and extend to the United Kingdom.

Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations will commence on 6th April 2027 but do not apply to any package travel contract or linked travel arrangement, as defined in regulations 2(1) and 2(3) respectively, of the 2018 Regulations which were entered into before that date.

Regulation 2 amends the 2018 Regulations in three main respects.

Regulation 2(2)(c) amends regulation 2(5) of the 2018 Regulations (interpretation) to add a further category to the definition of “package” where travel services are provided to a traveller under separate contracts with individual service providers, if a single trader has facilitated, on the occasion of a single visit to, or contact with, the trader's point of sale, the separate selection of and separate payment for each of the travel services by the traveller.

Regulation 2 revokes references to “linked travel arrangements” from the 2018 Regulations. Regulations 2(4) and (13) repeal regulation 26 (insolvency protection and information requirements for linked travel arrangements) together with Schedules 6 to 10.

Regulation 2(6) replaces regulation 29 (right of redress) with new regulations 29A, which provides a right to a refund, and 29B, which provides a right of redress.

Regulation 3 sets out the consequential amendments.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, public or voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.