[Regulation 8 heading substituted by regulation 3 of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]
| (1) | An owner shall provide in the agreement entered into with a security guard contractor or any person employed as a security guard, that he may terminate the hiring of the services of a security guard or summarily dismiss any person he has thus employed, if the security guard concerned — |
[Words preceding regulation 8(1)(a) substituted by regulation 9 of Notice No. R. 874 of 1985]
| (a) | commits or causes or permits to be committed, or connives at the commission of, any act which is prejudicial to the activities performed at a Key Point, or to the efficiency of those activities or to the discipline in respect of persons there employed or performing functions; |
| (b) | disobeys, disregards, or wilfully defaults in the carrying out of any lawful order given to him by a person having authority to give it, or otherwise by word or conduct displays insubordination; |
| (c) | is negligent or indolent in the discharge of his duties or the performance of his functions; |
| (d) | discloses or publishes information referred to in regulation 19(3)(e) except in the circumstances mentioned in that regulation; |
[Regulation 8(1)(d) corrected by Notice No. R. 1901 of 1982]
| (e) | conducts himself in a disgraceful, improper or unbecoming manner, or is grossly discourteous to any person whilst on duty; |
| (f) | uses intoxicants or stupefying drugs excessively; |
| (g) | becomes pecuniarily embarrassed, unless it is shown that his pecuniary, embarrassment has not been occasioned by imprudence or other reprehensible cause and is not prejudicial to the proper performance of his duties and activities; |
| (h) | appropriates or improperly uses property of the owner or any other person present or performing duties at the Key Point, without the permission of the owner or such person; |
| (i) | absents himself from his duty without leave or valid cause; |
| (j) | is prosecuted for the commission of any offence under the Act, these Regulations or any other law; or |
| (k) | is an authorised security guard and his certificate of competency is revoked in terms of regulation 6(2)(b). |
