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

Regulations

Purchase

[Regulation 4 heading substituted by regulation 3 of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]

An owner shall not employ any person or hire the services of any person as a security guard at a Key Point if such person—

[Words preceding regulation 4(a) substituted by regulation 5(a) of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]

(a)	is under the age of 18 years and is in the opinion of the Minister or a person acting on his authority, unfit or incompetent for the duties he must perform;

[Regulation 4(a) substituted by regulation 5(b) of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]

(b)	is an unrehabilitated insolvent;

(c)	is a patient as defined in section 1 of the Mental Health Act, 1973 (Act 18 of 1973);

(d)	has at any time been dismissed from an office of trust on the grounds of misconduct;

(e)	is an incompetent person as contemplated in section 1(1) of the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1975 (Act 69 of 1975);

(f)	has at any time been found guilty of an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1958 (Act 6 of 1958), or the Internal Security Act, 1982 (Act 74 of 1982), or the Protection of Information Act, 1982 (Act 84 of 1982), or under any previous Act repealed by any of the said Acts;

(g)	has at any time during a period of 10 years prior to the date of his application —

(i)	been found guilty of theft, fraud, forgery, uttering a forged document, perjury, or any other offence of which dishonesty, the unlawful possession or supply of any weapon, or the causing of bodily injury or the injuring of any person's reputation or dignity is an element; and

(ii)	been given a sentence in respect thereof of imprisonment without the option of a fine;

(h)	has at any time been in the employ of any person as a guard in respect of the security of any place, area, building or installation, and his services were terminated in any other way than voluntarily in accordance with the provisions of the agreement concerned; or

(i)	is a person in respect of whom the Minister has notified the owner that he is regarded as a person who is not a fit and proper person for employment as a security guard at a Key Point.