Private Security Industry (Exemptions for Licensed Special Employees of Casinos) Order 2010

This Order may be cited as the Private Security Industry (Exemptions for Licensed Special Employees of Casinos) Order 2010 and shall come into operation on 11th February 2010.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, “casino”, “casino premises”, “special employee” and “special employee licence” have the same meanings as in section 2(1) of the Casino Control Act (Cap. 33A).

Section 14 of the Act shall not apply to any special employee of a casino who carries out any function of a security officer within the casino premises of that casino in the course of his employment, only if ––

the special employee holds a valid special employee licence; and

the primary function of his employment is to conduct surveillance of the gaming activities and the operations in the casino.

Section 16(1) of the Act shall not apply to the employer of any person who is exempted under paragraph 3 (referred to in this paragraph as the exempted employee) if the employer —

before employing the exempted employee and no later than 14 days after terminating the employment of the exempted employee, informs the licensing officer, in such form and manner as the licensing officer may require, of the proposed employment and the termination of employment, respectively; and

keeps and maintains a register at the casino premises where the exempted employee is employed, containing the following particulars of the exempted employee:

the exempted employee’s full name, age, gender, nationality and identity card number or foreign identification number;

the licence number of the special employee licence issued to the exempted employee.