Private Security Services (Amendment) Act 2021
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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act | ||
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2. (1) Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘county registrar’ means a person appointed as such under section 35 of the Court Officers Act 1926 ; | ||
‘court messenger’ means a person appointed as such under section 4 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1926 ; | ||
‘enforcement guard’ 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: | ||
(a) removing one or more persons from any premises or any other place in order to take possession of the premises or place, | ||
(b) 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 | ||
(c) seizing goods or other property in lieu of an outstanding debt, | ||
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; | ||
‘sheriff’ means a sheriff appointed by the Government under the Court Officers Act 1945 .”, | ||
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(b) in the definition of “security service”, by— | ||
(i) the substitution of “safes,” for “safes.” in paragraph (h), and | ||
(ii) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (h): | ||
“(i) enforcement guard.”. |