20. Licence required to act as tourist guide etc.

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), no individual shall —

(a)

act as a tourist guide; or

(b)

offer to act as a tourist guide, or advertise in any way that he is or is willing to act as a tourist guide, unless he holds a tourist guide licence.

(2)

The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply to —

(a)

the owner or operator of a place or point of interest who himself guides tourists at that place or point; or

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(b)

any person who is employed or engaged, or whose services are otherwise used, by the owner or operator of a place or point of interest to guide tourists at that place or point.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(4)

Any person who abets the commission of an offence under subsection (3) is guilty of that offence and liable on conviction to be punished with the punishment provided for that offence.

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