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National Key Points Act, 1980 (Act No. 102 of 1980)

Regulations

Regulations regarding the Appointment of Guards by Owners of National Key Points and the Powers of such Guards

2. Employment, and hiring of services, of security guards

[Regulation 2 heading substituted by regulation 3 of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]

 

(1) An owner shall employ such number of security guards as he may deem necessary, or, if the Minister has notified the owner in terms of regulation (16)(1)(b) of the number of security guards which the Minister deems necessary in respect of the Key Point concerned, shall employ such number of security guards at that Key Point or hire the services of such number of security guards from a security guard contractor or employ such number of security guards or thus hire the services of a number of security guards which shall collectively constitute the said number of security guards.

[Regulation 2(1) substituted by regulation 4(a) of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]

 

(2)
(a) A security guard shall, subject to the provisions of the Act and these Regulations, perform the duties and exercise the powers determined in his agreement with the owner concerned or, in the case of a security guard whose services are hired, the agreement of the security guard contractor concerned.

[Regulation 2(2)(a) substituted by regulation 4(b) of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]

(b) An agreement entered into by the owner with a person to serve or with a security guard contractor as a security guard at a Key Point shall, in particular, provided that the agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the Act and these Regulations, and that the security guard shall in respect of the Key Point, in accordance with the security measures which the owner has taken and has applied in respect of the Key Point -

[Regulation 2(2)(b) substituted by regulation 4(c) of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]

(i) control the presence of persons, goods and vehicles, and the movement thereof to and from the Key Point;
(ii) patrol and guard the security limit (if any);
(iii) prevent the occurrence of incidents and, if an incident has occurred, investigate it and exercise in connection therewith the powers which have been vested in him;
(iv) prevent occurrences, or the commission of acts, prejudicially affecting the security of the Key Point and, if they have occurred or have been committed, investigate them and exercise in connection therewith, the powers which have been vested in him;
(v) carry out such other orders issued to him from time to time by the owner in respect of the security of the Key Point.