Private Security Industry Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Miscellaneous
35. Unlicensed private investigation agency, unlicensed security agency and unlicensed security service provider not to recover fees, etc.
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a private investigator;
private investigator
“private investigator” means any individual who, for reward, carries out any of the following functions:(a)obtaining and giving information about any person;(b)searching for missing persons;(c)obtaining and giving information as to the cause and origin of or responsibility for any fire, libel, loss or accident or any damage to real or personal property;(d)obtaining and giving information as to the location or recovery of lost or stolen property; or(e)obtaining evidence to be used in any civil or criminal proceedings.(2) For the purposes of this Act, a private investigator does not include —(a)a person employed by an employer to obtain and give information about another person who is employed by the employer, or whom the employer intends to employ;(b)a person employed by a business entity to obtain and give information about the character or nature of business of another business entity for the purpose of any business venture undertaken or to be undertaken by the employer or exclusively for the purposes of market research; and(c)a person who carries out any function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (1) —(i)as part of the person’s profession or business as an advocate and solicitor or as part of the person’s occupation as an employee of an advocate and solicitor;(ii)as part of the person’s profession or business as a public accountant or as part of the person’s occupation as an employee of a public accountant;(iii)as part of the person’s business of obtaining or giving information as to the financial rating or standing of another person; or(iv)as part of the person’s business of insurance or as an insurance adjustment agency, or as part of the person’s occupation as an employee of the person carrying on the business of insurance or the insurance adjustment agency.(3) In this section,
a private investigation agency;
a security officer;
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.
a security agency; or
a security service provider,shall not be entitled to bring any proceeding in any court to recover any commission, fee, gain or reward for the service provided unless, at the time of providing the service, the person is the holder of a valid private investigator’s licence, a valid private investigation agency’s licence, a valid security officer’s licence, a valid security agency’s licence or a valid security service provider’s licence, as the case may be.
reward
“reward” means reward under any scheme, agreement, understanding, promise, undertaking (whether express or implied) or other arrangement;