Private Security Industry Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Security Officers and Security Agencies
17. Employees who are not security officers
Feedback & supportA licensed security agency must, not later than 14 days after —
licensed
“licensed” means licensed as a private investigator, private investigation agency, security officer, security agency or security service provider under this Act;
employing any person other than as a security officer, such as secretarial, clerical or other staff of a similar kind, to assist in the business of the security agency; or
terminating the employment of any such employee mentioned in paragraph (a),inform the licensing officer in the prescribed form and manner of the employment or termination of employment, as the case may be.
If the licensing officer is of the opinion that any person who is employed other than as a security officer by a licensed security agency is not a fit and proper person to be so employed, the licensing officer may —
licensing officer
“licensing officer”, in relation to any provision in this Act, means any licensing officer appointed under section 4(1) for the purposes of that provision, and includes any assistant licensing officer appointed by such a licensing officer under section 4(2) and subject to the licensing officer’s direction and control;
give written notice of his or her opinion to the licensed security agency, stating the name of that person; and
despite any other law or the provisions of any memorandum or articles of association or other constitution of the licensed security agency, direct the licensed security agency to terminate the employment of the person named in the notice given under paragraph (a).
A licensed security agency that contravenes subsection (1) or fails to comply with any direction under subsection (2)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
In deciding for the purposes of subsection (2) whether an employee is a fit and proper person to be employed other than as a security officer by a licensed security agency, the licensing officer may consider the following matters as indicating that the employee may not be a fit and proper person:
security officer
“security officer” means any individual who, for reward, carries out any of the following functions:(a)patrolling or guarding another person’s property (including cash in transit) by physical means (which may involve the use of patrol dogs) or by electronic means;(b)keeping the property (including cash in transit) of another person under surveillance, including for the purpose of preventing theft thereof;(c)acting as a bodyguard or bouncer;(d)in respect of any public place or other premises and as part of his or her regular duties, performing any function of screening individuals seeking entry thereto;(e)regulating traffic under the Road Traffic Act 1961.
that the employee had on a previous occasion applied for a security officer’s licence or a security agency’s licence, and such application had been refused by the licensing officer;
that the employee associates with a criminal in a way that indicates involvement in an unlawful activity;
that in dealings in which the employee has been involved, the employee has shown dishonesty or lack of integrity; or
that the continued employment of the employee is not in the public interest or may pose a threat to national security.