Questions and Answers
The primary role of a security professional is to:
OBSERVE - DETER - REPORT
Loss prevention workers
(1) No person may, without a licence to do so, for remuneration, in plain clothes,
(a) prevent loss of or damage to the commercial, industrial or retail property or
premises of
another person, or
(b) detect loss of or damage to the commercial, industrial or retail property or
premises of
another person.
(2) No person may advertise, hold out or offer to provide a service or to perform
an activity described in
subsection (1) unless the person has a licence to provide the service or to
perform the activity
Section 6, Security Services and Investigators Act (SSIA)
Security services
(1) No person may, without a licence to do so, for remuneration,
(a) patrol, guard or provide security for another person or for the property or
premises of
another person, or
(b) detect loss of or damage to the property or premises of another person.
(2) No person may advertise, hold out or offer to provide a service or perform an
activity described in
subsection (1) unless the person has a licence to provide the service or perform
the activity
Section 3, Security Services and Investigators Act (SSIA)
Refusal of licence application
(1) The Registrar may refuse to issue a licence or refuse to renew a licence if the
Registrar is satisfied that
the applicant
(a) has contravened or is contravening this Act or the regulations,
(b) has not met the requirements of this Act or the regulations,
(c) has provided false or misleading information in the application for a licence or
renewal of a
licence or in any report or information required to be provided under this Act or
the
regulations,
(d) in the case of an application for renewal of a licence,
(i) has not complied with the terms or conditions of a licence, or
(ii) has not provided a report or information required by this Act, the regulations
or the
Registrar,