The Package Travel Act
LOV-2018-06-15-32 · 55 §§Package holidays: information, changes, cancellation, price reduction and compensation. Each section has the legal text (unofficial translation) and a plain-language explanation.
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§ 29Cancellation of the package holiday contract (heving av pakkereiseavtalen) for material defects§ 39Information requirements for linked travel arrangements (sammensatte reisearrangementer)§ 40Effect of breach of certain duties§ 33Limitations of compensation
Chapter 1 — Introductory provisions§§ 1 – 8
- § 1Who the Package Travel Act applies to
- § 2Journeys exempt from the Package Travel Act (pakkereiseloven)
- § 3Mandatory nature of the law: contract terms cannot leave you worse off than the law
- § 4Relationship to other rules
- § 5What is a travel service?
- § 6What is a package holiday (pakkereise)?
- § 7Linked travel arrangement: when separate travel purchases get travel protection
- § 8Glossary: organiser (arrangør), retailer (formidler), traveller (reisende) and other definitions
Chapter 2 — Duty to provide information and content of the package travel contract§§ 9 – 17
- § 9Information you must receive before buying a package holiday
- § 10How the information before the package holiday must be given
- § 11What the package holiday contract or confirmation must contain
- § 12Language, telephone offers and a copy of the package holiday contract
- § 13Booking a package holiday online and the order button
- § 14Information to the organiser for linked bookings
- § 15Tickets and travel documents before departure
- § 16Costs you were not told about
- § 17Burden of proof (bevisbyrde) for the duty to inform (opplysningsplikten)
Chapter 3 — Changes to the package travel contract before the trip begins§§ 18 – 20
Chapter 4 — Termination of the contract before the trip begins§§ 21 – 24
Chapter 5 — Performance of the package holiday§§ 25 – 36
- § 25The organiser's (arrangør) liability and your rights when there are defects (mangler)
- § 26You must report defects
- § 27Remedying the defect (avhjelp): having the defect put right during the trip
- § 28Alternative travel services (alternative reisetjenester) when parts of the package holiday (pakkereisen) cannot be provided
- § 29Cancellation of the package holiday contract (heving av pakkereiseavtalen) for material defects
- § 30Transport home (hjemtransport) when the package holiday includes passenger transport
- § 31Price reduction for periods with defects
- § 32Compensation for loss due to defects in the package holiday
- § 33Limitations of compensation
- § 34Relationship to transport legislation (transportrettslig lovgivning)
- § 35Necessary overnight stays when the journey home cannot go ahead
- § 36The organiser's (arrangørens) duty to provide assistance (bistandsplikt)
Chapter 6 — About the retailer§§ 37 – 38
Chapter 7 — Linked travel arrangements§§ 39 – 41
Chapter 8 — Travel guarantee§§ 42 – 47
- § 42Travel guarantee for package holidays and linked travel arrangements
- § 43What the travel guarantee covers
- § 44Amount of the travel guarantee
- § 45Procedure for payment under the travel guarantee (reisegaranti)
- § 46The Norwegian Travel Guarantee Fund: tasks, orders and coverage
- § 47Regulations on the travel guarantee scheme
Chapter 9 — General provisions§§ 48 – 49
Chapter 10 — Dispute resolution, enforcement and sanctions§§ 50 – 53
Chapter 11 — Final provisions§§ 54 – 55
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