An employer of in-house security officers—
| (a) |
may only use, permit or direct an employee to protect or safeguard merely his or her own property or other interests, or persons or property on his or her premises or under his or her control, or to perform any other function that is subject to the Act, if such employee is registered as a security service provider in terms of the Act, has successfully completed the security training required by law relevant to this function, and is otherwise entitled by law to perform the function in question; |
| (b) |
must, before using, permitting or directing an employee to render a security service contemplated in paragraph (a), take all reasonable steps necessary to verify the registration status as security service provider, level of training, qualifications and any other relevant facts concerning such employee; |
| (c) |
must appoint and use, subject to paragraph (a), a responsible person to manage, supervise and control all employees used, permitted or directed to render a security service as contemplated in paragraph (a); |
| (d) |
must appoint and use a responsible person to ensure that the obligations of the employer of in-house security officers towards the Authority are discharged in terms of law; |
| (e) |
may not, whether for reward or not, except to the extent allowed in section 28(2) of the Act, make any employee or, his or her services available for the purposes of rendering a security service to any other person; |
| (f) |
must, in respect of all employees used, permitted or directed to render a security service as contemplated in paragraph (a), comply with the relevant provisions of the Levies Act as well as all applicable laws and measures promulgated in terms of law regarding minimum wages and standards aimed at preventing exploitation or abuse of employees in the private security industry; and |
| (g) |
must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the employer of in-house security officers does not act as a security service provider, and that the impression is not created that the employer of in-house security officers is, or acts, as a security service provider. |
Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
