Tourism Act, 2014 (Act No. 3 of 2014)Chapter 6 : Tourist Guides49. Provincial Registrars of Tourist Guides |
| (1) | The MEC in each province must appoint a suitably qualified officer in the province as the Provincial Registrar of Tourist Guides for that province and publish his or her name in the Provincial Gazette. |
| (2) | A Provincial Registrar must— |
| (a) | for the purposes of section 50, keep a register of tourist guides within the province concerned and must— |
| (i) | record in the register the prescribed particulars with regard to each registered tourist guide; |
| (ii) | delete from the register the particulars of any tourist guide whose registration has been withdrawn; |
| (iii) | make the prescribed endorsement against the name of any tourist guide whose registration has been suspended; and |
| (iv) | inform the National Registrar of anything done in terms of subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii); |
| (b) | publish or otherwise disseminate information about registered tourist guides within the province and associations of tourist guides and any other information to promote and develop the tourist guiding sector within the province; |
| (c) | promote and develop the tourist guiding sector within the province in any manner other than as contemplated in paragraph (b); |
| (d) | deal with complaints lodged under section 53; |
| (e) | act in accordance with section 54 when a tourist guide becomes subject to any disqualification referred to in section 50(3); |
| (f) | exercise disciplinary powers in accordance with section 55; and |
| (g) | if he or she has reason to believe that any person, company or close corporation contravenes section 57, lay a charge with the South African Police Service. |