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Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001)

Chapter 2 : Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority

3. Objects of Authority

 

The primary objects of the Authority are to regulate the private security industry and to exercise effective control over the practice of the occupation of security service provider in the public and national interest and the interest of the private security industry itself, and for that purpose, subject to this Act, to—

(a) promote a legitimate private security industry which acts in terms of the principles contained in the Constitution and other applicable law;
(b) ensure that all security service providers act in the public and national interest in the rendering of security services;
(c) promote a private security industry which is characterized by professionalism, transparency, accountability, equity and accessibility;
(d) promote stability of the private security industry;
(e) promote and encourage trustworthiness of security service providers;
(f) determine and enforce minimum standards of occupational conduct in respect of security service providers;
(g) encourage and promote efficiency in and responsibility with regard to the rendering of security services;
(h) promote, maintain and protect the status and interests of the occupation of security service provider;
(i) ensure that the process of registration of security service providers is transparent, fair, objective and concluded timeously;
(j) promote high standards in the training of security service providers and prospective security service providers;
(k) encourage ownership and control of security businesses by persons historically disadvantaged through unfair discrimination;
(l) encourage equal opportunity employment practices in the private security industry;
(m) promote the protection and enforcement of the rights of security officers and other employees in the private security industry;
(n) ensure that compliance with existing legislation by security service providers is being promoted and controlled through a process of active monitoring and investigation of the affairs of security service providers;
(o) protect the interests of the users of security services;
(p) promote the development of security services which are responsive to the needs of users of such services and of the community;
(q) promote the empowerment and advancement of persons who were historically disadvantaged through unfair discrimination in the private security industry.