5.2 Oversight
(1) Supervision to ensure compliance with these guidelines shall be exercised by
the regulator.
(2) If the registry fails to satisfy the requirements of these guidelines, the regulator
may order it to remedy the unlawful conditions or may order operations to cease
within a specified time limit.
(3) The registry shall not transfer its activities to another entity without prior
approval by the regulator.
5.3
Registry’s Tasks
The registry's duties shall include the following:
a) provide for installation, management and updating of the technical
infrastructure required for the allocation and management of the .rw
domains;
b) provide for reliable and professional operation of the domain name system
within the .rw domain in accordance with the applicable technical standards;
c) offer services in the allocation and management of .rw domain names to
Internet users;
d) provide for installation, administration and updating of a central public
database providing any interested persons with guaranteed real-time access
to information about domain name holders in accordance with the Guideline
5.20;
e) take the necessary precautions to ensure reliability, accessibility,
availability, security and operability of the infrastructure mentioned in
paragraphs a) and d) above;
f) ensure that the infrastructure mentioned in paragraphs a) and d) above
conforms to the state of the art and is compatible with international
standards used for the domain name system; and
g) in the context of its duties to allocate and manage .rw domains, work
towards the stability of the domain name system.
5.4
Obligations of the registry
(1) The registry shall employ persons possessing the professional knowledge and
qualifications necessary to fulfill the duties listed within the Guideline 5.3 It shall
designate a technical Point Of Contact.
(2) The registry shall designate an administrative Point of Contact and the regulator
has to give his approval prior to this designation.
(3) The registry shall certify that it has obtained sufficient insurance coverage for its
activities in the management and allocation of domain names.
(4) The registry has to offer its services to all Internet users, excepting cases of
non-payment or dubious solvency. The registry may demand deposits against
the risk of non-payment or dubious solvency, such deposits to collect interest
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