UK Travel & Tourism: Legal & Regulatory Framework Presentation-UKCBC

This presentation provides an overview of the legal and regulatory framework within the UK's travel and tourism sector. It covers key legislations such as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Vicarious Liability Act, Occupier's Liability Act 1957, Data Protection Act, and Sex Discrimination Act, Disability Discrimination Act 1995, highlighting their impact on travel and tourism businesses like Cox and Kings. The presentation also addresses specific regulations and bodies including Air Travel Operators’ Licensing (ATOL), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), and surface, sea and air transport law. Desklib offers students access to similar solved assignments and past papers for further study.

THE IMPACT OF PRINCIPALS OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY LEGISLATION ON TRAVEL AND
TOURISM SECTOR
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT 1974
This act states that employers must provide a duty of care for their
employees. In case of cox and kings, the company directors may be
held liable to retail travel operator for supplying the necessary
training, protective wear and equipment to deal with such a task.
The manager's fail to comply with his duties is a criminal offence
and is therefore subject to criminal law. This act impacts to the
general duties of employers, employee, and contractors of the cox
and kings tourism agency.
THE OCCUPIER'S LIABILITY ACT 1957
The occupier’s liabilityactconcerns the duty of care owned by
those who occupy real property, through ownership or lease, to
the people who visit. The occupier will be considered liable for
allowing the retail operator to step into the opening.
VICARIOUS LIABILITY ACT
The vicarious liability act apply where
the individual or firm held
responsibility for torts committed to
another person. The cox and king
tourism know that the employee held
the vicarious liable and face the full
cost for a tort then ensure minimize the
chance of committing the tort. This is
done by monitoring performance of the
employee.

Legislation that relates to the equality
DATA PROTECTION ACT
The data protection act, defines law of legislation
that govern the protection of the employees or
service user's personal data. The cox and king
tourism under this act while managing or using
personal information have to follow rules or
principals are defined in this act. The employee of
he cox and king tourism, who proceed the data have
rights to access, compensate, and prevent of
processing.
THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
ACT 1995
It defines as a physical or mental
impairment, which has an adverse effect on
the person’s ability to carry out the normal
day to day activities. Customer satisfaction
is the most essential.
SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT
It express provision regarding harassment. Harassment
proceeds different forms ranging from simply ignoring a
victims,humiliation or discourtesy. Extreme forms include
physical threats or violence.