Tourism Act, 1993 (Act No. 72 of 1993)21. Procedure relating to registration of tourist guides |
| 1) | Any person who wishes to be registered as a tourist guide shall in the prescribed manner apply to the registrar, and such application shall be accompanied by the prescribed registration fee. |
| 2) | Upon receipt of such an application and the registration fee the registrar may request the applicant to furnish such additional particulars and information as he may deem necessary in order to consider the application properly. |
| 3) | An applicant referred to in subsection (1) shall upon the request of the registrar appear before him in person and shall furnish such additional particulars and information as may be required by the registrar in order to enable the registrar to decide whether the application should be granted. |
| 4) | If the registrar after he has considered the information and particulars contemplated in subsections (2) and (3) is satisfied that the applicant complies with the prescribed requirements for registration as a tourist guide falling within any class determined under this Act, he shall register the applicant as a tourist guide. |
| 5) | When the registrar registers any person as a tourist guide, he shall issue to him a registration certificate and a badge, which shall be in the prescribed form. |
| 6) |
| a) | A registration as tourist guide shall be valid for a period of one year, reckoned from the date of issue of the registration certificate. |
| b) | Any person registered as a tourist guide shall before the end of the period for which he has been registered, indicate to the registrar whether he wishes to he registered as a tourist guide in respect of the next ensuing period of one year, and if he indicates that he wishes to he so registered he shall upon the payment of the prescribed fee be re-registered. |
| 7) |
| a) | If a tourist guide has in the opinion of the registrar failed to comply with any condition subject to which he has been thus registered, or if in the opinion of the registrar it is not in the public interest that a tourist guide should continue to be so registered, the registrar may by notice sent by registered post, direct that tourist guide to advance within a period specified in the notice, of not fewer than 30 days from the date of the notice, reasons why his registration as a tourist guide should not be withdrawn. |
| b) | The registrar may by notice sent by registered post suspend the registration as such of the tourist guide concerned, pending the decision of the registrar under paragraph (a). |
| 8) |
| a) | Any person who considers himself aggrieved by any decision or action of the registrar may appeal to the board against the decision or action in question, and the board may confirm, set aside or amend the decision or action. |
| 9) |
| a) | No person who has not been registered as a tourist guide or whose registration as a tourist guide has been suspended shall for reward, whether monetary or otherwise, act as a tourist guide. |
| b) | A person who has been registered as a tourist guide in respect of a particular class referred to in subsection (4) may act as a tourist guide only in respect of the area or matters determined in respect of that class, as have been set out in the registration certificate issued to that person. |
| 10) | No person may for the promotion of any business undertaking conducted by him employ or continue to employ as a tourist guide any person who has not been registered as a tourist guide under subsection (5), or who has been so registered but whose registration as such has been suspended under subsection (6)(b). |