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  Air Travel Organisers' Licensing Bill - Air Travel Organisers' Licences - Impact Assessment
  
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  @ MP voted aye for an impact assessment prior to introducing new forms of qualifying trust into the Air Travel Organisers' Licences (ATOL)  consumer protection arrangements. 
  @ MP voted no against an impact assessment prior to introducing new forms of qualifying trust into the Air Travel Organisers' Licences (ATOL)  consumer protection arrangements. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted for an impact assessment prior to introducing new forms of qualifying trust into the Air Travel Organisers' Licences (ATOL)  consumer protection arrangements. 
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :amendment 1, page 2, line 10, at end insertâ
  
  :"(8) Regulations under subsection (6) may not be laid before Parliament until the Secretary of State has published an assessment of their impact and has launched a consultation on the proposed amendments to the definition of âAir Travel Trust."
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This amendment requires the Secretary of State to undertake an impact assessment and launch a consultation before bringing forward any regulations to amend the definition of Air Travel Trust under this Act.
  
  
  Had it not been rejected the amendment would have added a new subclause to a proposed addition to section 71A of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 provided for in Clause 2 of the Bill[2]. The proposed addition enables new "qualifying trusts" to be added to the ATOL consumer protection arrangements. 
  
  The Explanatory Notes to the Bill explain:  
  
  :The Air Travel Trust is the trust arrangement ... under which contributions from ATOL holders are held and CAA trustees are given powers to compensate consumers. 
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  :Subsection (2) enables the Secretary of State to incorporate, by way of regulations, new forms of qualifying trust into the ATOL trust arrangement. The primary purpose of any new trust will still be consumer protection in relation to the sale of flight accommodation. 
  
  
  
  
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/airtravelorganiserslicensing.html Parliament's webpage on the Air Travel Organisersâ Licensing Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0058/lbill_2017-20190058_en_2.htm#l1g2 Clause 2 of the Air Travel Organisers' Licensing Bill as at the time of the vote] 
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0058/18058en07.htm Explanatory notes to Clause 2 of the the Air Travel Organisersâ Licensing Bill ]
  
  
  
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