Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001)Chapter 3 : Registration as Security Service Provider20. Obligation to register and exemptions |
| (1) |
| (a) | No person, except a Security Service contemplated in section 199 of the Constitution (Act No. 108 of 1996), may in any manner render a security service for remuneration, reward, a fee or benefit, unless such a person is registered as a security service provider in terms of this Act. |
| (b) | A Security Service contemplated in section 199 of the Constitution may use persons employed by them and who are not registered as security service providers to render a security service. |
| (2) | A security business may only be registered as a security service provider— |
| (a) | if all the persons performing executive or managing functions in respect of such security business are registered as security service providers; and |
| (b) | in the case of a security business which is a company, close corporation, partnership, business trust or foundation, if every director of the company, every member of the close corporation, every partner of the partnership, every trustee of the business trust, and every administrator of the foundation, as the case may be, is registered as a security service provider. |
| (3) | Any contract, whether concluded before or after the commencement of this Act, which is inconsistent with a provision contained in subsections (1), (2) or section 44(6), is invalid to the extent to which it is so inconsistent. |
| (4) | The invalidity of a contract as contemplated in subsection (3), does not affect the applicability of any provision of this Act or the Levies Act. |
| (5) | The Minister may, after consultation with the Authority, by notice in the Gazette exempt any security service provider or security service provider belonging to a category or class specified in the notice, either generally or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notice, from the operation of any provision of this Act. |