S.L. 409.12 Art. 12Cancellation of engagement of tourist guide. Fine.

(1) Without prejudice to any other requirement emanating from any other law that may be current at the time, the engagement of a tourist guide may be subject to an agreement in writing between the operator and the tourist guide. The following provisions shall be deemed to be included in an agreement between the operator and the tourist guide unless excluded in the writing:

(a) when the operator cancels the engagement of a tourist guide within less than twenty-four hours from the commencement of the organised excursion, the operator shall pay the tourist guide, a penalty equivalent to the fee due for such an excursion;

(b) (i) when the tourist guide is unable to honour his commitment and fails to provide the operator with the services of a similarly qualified and licensed tourist guide as a replacement for the organised excursion, and moreover fails to advise the operator at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the organised excursion, the tourist guide shall, without prejudice to the provision of regulation 14(2), pay the operator, a penalty equivalent to the fee due for such an excursion;

(ii) such penalty shall not be due if the tourist guide fails to honour his commitment on medical grounds, supported by an appropriate medical certificate which is to be submitted to the operator within forty-eight hours of the date of the tour.

(2) A tourist guide who, without a valid reason, fails to fulfill an engagement, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.