A security service provider giving advice on the protection or safeguarding of a person or property, any other type of security service, or on the use of security equipment—
| (a) |
must provide a client with sound, honest and objective advice which is in the best interests of the client; |
| (b) |
must timeously disclose to a client any direct or indirect benefit of whatever nature that he or she or any business in which he or she has any direct or indirect interest may obtain if the client acts upon the advice provided by the security service provider; |
| (c) |
must comply, with the necessary changes, with the provisions of regulation 15(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (o), (p) and (q); |
| (d) |
may not advise a client to use any corrupt, unlawful or illegal method, system or practice; |
| (e) |
may not advise a client to use or obtain the services of a security service provider who is not registered with the Authority, trained up to the level required by law and otherwise entitled by law to render the security service in question; |
| (f) |
may not advise a client to use or obtain the services of any person who is untrustworthy or incompetent; and |
| (g) |
may not advise a client to obtain, use or provide any equipment, firearm, ammunition or weapon, or implement any system, which is faulty or has a defect that may render it an inherent source of danger to any person. |
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
