WHEREAS the primary objects of the Private Security Industry Regulatory 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 WHEREAS section 28 of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001) places a duty on the Minister for Safety and Security to prescribe a code of conduct that must meet the requirements of section 28 and must be legally binding on all security service providers, irrespective of whether they are registered with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority or not, as well as on certain other persons—

Be it prescribed therefore by the Minister for Safety and Security the rules contained in this Schedule that embody the minimum standards of conduct with which every security service provider and employer of inhouse security officers must comply.