Private Security Authority. There stands established a body to be known as the Private Security Authority, or in the Irish language An tÚdarás Slán dála Príobháidí, to perform the functions conferred on it by this Act. The Authority shall, subject to this Act, be independent in the exercise of its functions. The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession. The Authority shall consist […]
Security Services A “security service” means a service provided by a private security employer or by any one of the following persons in the course of an employment or as an independent contractor (but, except in the case of a door supervisor or security guard, does not include a service provided by a person whose principal function is to provide it only for the person’s […]
Investigations by Authority. The Authority may of its own motion investigate any security services being provided by any person. For the purposes of such an investigation the Authority— may by notice in writing require any person who in its opinion is in possession of information, or has any record or thing in the person’s possession or under the person’s control, that is relevant to the […]
Application for licence An application to the Authority for a licence to provide a security service shall be in the prescribed form and be accompanied by— the prescribed fee, and such references as to the applicant’s character and competence as the Authority may require, and shall contain such other information as may be required by the Authority. The Authority may require that the applicant’s signature […]
Private Security Appeal Board. There stands established a body to be known as the Private Security Appeal Board (in the Act referred to as “the Appeal Board”), or in the Irish language An Bord Achomhairc um Shlándáil Phríobháideach, to hear and determine appeals against decisions of the Authority. The Appeal Board shall be independent in the performance of its functions. Appeal to High Court Within […]