{"id":28709,"date":"2023-10-30T23:26:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T23:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=28709"},"modified":"2023-11-11T22:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:51:44","slug":"private-security-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Security Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/#Security_Services\" title=\"Security Services\">Security Services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/#Exceptions\" title=\"Exceptions\">Exceptions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/#Door_Supervisor\" title=\"Door Supervisor\">Door Supervisor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/#Enforcement_Guard\" title=\"Enforcement Guard\">Enforcement Guard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/#Security_Equipment_Installers\" title=\"Security Equipment Installers\">Security Equipment Installers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/#Private_Investigator\" title=\"Private Investigator\">Private Investigator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/private-security-services\/#Security_Guard_Consultation\" title=\"Security Guard &amp; Consultation\">Security Guard &amp; Consultation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Security_Services\"><\/span>Security Services<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A \u201csecurity service\u201d 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&#8217;s employer):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>door supervisor,<\/li>\n<li>installer of security equipment,<\/li>\n<li>private investigator,<\/li>\n<li>security consultant,<\/li>\n<li>security guard,<\/li>\n<li>provider of protected forms of transport,<\/li>\n<li>locksmith,<\/li>\n<li>supplier or installer of safes,<\/li>\n<li>enforcement guard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exceptions\"><\/span>Exceptions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Private Security Services Act does not apply to relevant persons or to\u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a member of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na,<\/li>\n<li>a member of the Defence Forces,<\/li>\n<li>a member of a company&#8217;s harbour police within the meaning of section 54 of the Harbours Act 1996,<\/li>\n<li>an authorised officer, or authorised person, within the meaning of the Air Navigation and Transport Acts 1936 to 1998,<\/li>\n<li>an officer or employee of a Government department or State agency,<\/li>\n<li>a person employed as apprentice by a person providing a security service, or<\/li>\n<li>a person appointed by a county registrar or sheriff for the execution of a certificate under section 960L of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>while carrying out the duties of his or her office or employment or to a person employed as a resident caretaker who keeps property under surveillance only as an incidental part of the duties of his or her employment.<\/p>\n<p>The Authority may by order exempt from any or all of the provisions of the Act persons providing security services or security services of a particular class at a specified place, event or function or specified class of place, event or function or in connection with a visit to the State by a specified person where in its opinion, by reason of the size of the expected attendance or other exceptional circumstances, it would not otherwise be reasonably practicable to provide the requisite level of security services there.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Door_Supervisor\"><\/span>Door Supervisor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cdoor supervisor\u201d means a person who for remuneration, as part of his or her duties, performs any of the following functions at, in or in the vicinity of any premises or any other place where a public or private event or function is taking place or is about to take place:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>controlling, supervising, regulating or restricting entry to the premises or place,<\/li>\n<li>controlling or monitoring the behaviour of persons therein,<\/li>\n<li>removing persons therefrom because of their behaviour;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enforcement_Guard\"><\/span>Enforcement Guard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;enforcement guard&#8221; means a person other than a sheriff, county registrar or court messenger who for remuneration, as part of his or her duties, is authorised to perform any of the following functions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>removing one or more persons from any premises or any other place in order to take possession of the premises or place,<\/li>\n<li>controlling, supervising or restricting entry by one or more persons to any premises or any other place in order to take possession of the premises or place, or<\/li>\n<li>seizing goods or other property in lieu of an outstanding debt,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>which said authorisation is conferred by or under an enactment, pursuant to a court order, in accordance with an agreement or a consent, pursuant to a contract, or otherwise in accordance with the law;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cfunctions\u201d includes powers and duties, and references to the performance of functions include, as respects powers and duties, references to the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cidentity badge\u201d has the meaning given to it by section 30; \u201cidentity card\u201d means a card issued;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cinspector\u201d has the meaning given to it by section 14;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Security_Equipment_Installers\"><\/span>Security Equipment Installers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cinstaller of security equipment\u201d means a person\u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in the course of a business, trade or profession, installs, maintains, repairs or services electronic or other devices designed, constructed or adapted to give warning of, or monitor or record unauthorised entry or misconduct on or in the vicinity of premises,<\/li>\n<li>in the course of a business, trade or profession, installs, maintains, repairs or services electronic or other devices designed, constructed or adapted to control or record access by persons or vehicles to or within premises by means of\u2014\n<ul>\n<li>personal identity verification, including by means of biometrics,<\/li>\n<li>vehicle identification,<\/li>\n<li>numerical codes,<\/li>\n<li>alphabetical codes,<\/li>\n<li>access or other card management, or<\/li>\n<li>electronic key management,<\/li>\n<li>or any combination of such means,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and includes a person who in connection with the provision of services referred to gives advice relating to the installation of such equipment or advice relating to the protection of such devices from damage or interference;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Private_Investigator\"><\/span>Private Investigator<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cprivate investigator\u201d means a person who in the course of a business, trade or profession, conducts investigations into matters on behalf of a client and includes a person who\u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>obtains or furnishes information in relation to the personal character, actions or occupation of a person or to the character or kind of business in which a person is engaged, or<\/li>\n<li>searches for missing persons;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cprivate security employer\u201d means a person who employs persons whose principal function is to provide security services for persons other than the employer;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegister\u201d means the Private Security Register established under section 33; \u201crelevant person\u201d has the meaning given to it by section 42;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cremuneration\u201d includes a benefit in kind but does not include any meal or refreshment provided in connection with the performance of a service;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Security_Guard_Consultation\"><\/span>Security Guard &amp; Consultation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u201csecurity guard\u201d means a person who for remuneration guards or patrols or provides any other protective services in relation to persons or property and includes a person who for those purposes\u2014<\/p>\n<p>provides those services exclusively for an employer who is not a private security employer,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>monitors security equipment,<\/li>\n<li>supervises and inspects security guards while they are guarding or patrolling,<\/li>\n<li>accompanies a guard dog while the dog is guarding or patrolling, or<\/li>\n<li>controls, supervises, regulates, restricts or directs the movements of persons, whether in vehicles or otherwise, in relation to any premises or any other place ere a public or private event or function is taking place or about to take place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201csecurity consultant\u201d means a person who in the course of a business, trade or profession, advises on methods of protecting property, including information recorded in non-legible form, from vandalism, intrusion, trespass, theft or from being otherwise damaged or interfered with but does not include\u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a person who advises on such methods in the ordinary course of carrying out an audit, or<\/li>\n<li>an installer of security equipment;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-28709\" data-postid=\"28709\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-28709 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Services A \u201csecurity service\u201d 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[384],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28709"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29165,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28709\/revisions\/29165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}