(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;

(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.