Tourism Act, 2014 (Act No. 3 of 2014)Chapter 6 : Tourist Guides48. National Registrar of Tourist Guides |
| (1) | The Minister must appoint a suitably qualified officer in the Department as the National Registrar of Tourist Guides and publish his or her name in the Gazette. |
| (2) | The National Registrar must— |
| (a) | maintain a central database of all tourist guides registered by Provincial Registrars in terms of section 50; |
| (b) | prepare a code of conduct and ethics for tourist guides in accordance with section 52; |
| (c) | hear and determine appeals and review irregularities under section 56; |
| (d) | monitor trends in the tourist guiding sector by conducting research and analysis; |
| (e) | publish or otherwise disseminate information about tourist guides, associations of tourist guides and any other information to promote and develop the tourist guiding sector nationally; and |
| (f) | liaise with the Board, the Council, Provincial Registrars, tourist guides, associations of tourist guides, education and training authorities, organs of state, the South African Police Service, provincial consumer affairs bodies and any other person or organisation to— |
| (i) | facilitate the growth and development of the tourist guiding sector; |
| (ii) | improve and maintain standards in the tourist guiding sector; and |
| (iii) | cooperate on matters of mutual interest in the tourist guiding sector. |