Cap. 389 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Administrative Review Tribunal" means the tribunal established under article 5 of the Administrative Justice Act;

"bye-laws" means any bye-laws and any other legislation which may from time to time be entrusted to local councils by delegation or agreement as stipulated in the Local Government Act;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police; "community officer" means an individual whose services are rendered in the provision of community officers’ services; "community officers agency" means an individual or a body of persons whether corporate or unincorporate, who provide community officers’ services; "community officers’ services" means such services as may be required by local councils in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities for the control, regulation and enforcement of bye-laws, including the provision of services for the control and regulation of access and movement by pedestrians or vehicles, generally or on particular occasions and the provision of similar services whether by uniformed or plain clothes community officers; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Police;

"plain clothes community officer" means a community officer without uniform whose services are rendered in the provision of specific duties or parts of legislation, which are listed in the Schedule. "private guard" means an individual employed or engaged by a private guard agency in the provision of private guard services services or specialised private guard services and includes any such individual or body employing or engaging private guards; "private guard services" means any guard service, other than guard services provided by any government department or authority under the provisions of any law other than this Act, provided either by an individual or by a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, in relation to -

(a) the prevention or detection of intrusion, unauthorised entry or activity, vandalism or trespass on private property;

(b) the prevention or detection of fraud or theft, loss, misappropriation or concealment of merchandise, money, bonds, stocks, notes or other documents or papers;

(c) the control, regulation or direction of the movement of the public in private or restricted areas, whether by the use of a vehicle or otherwise, to assure the protection of property;

(d) the protection of individuals from bodily harm;

(e) the protection of property;

(f) the provision of persons for the purpose of guarding money or any other property in transit or for the transportation of such money or other property;

(g) the provision of armoured cars for the transportation of such money or other property;

(h) the provision, installation and servicing of safes, alarms, and other security equipment or ancillary items as the Minister may prescribe;

(i) private investigative services;

(j) the provision of security consultancy services;

(k) the operation of premises offering safe deposit facilities other than such operation by banks;

(l) any other service which the Minister may from time to time by order prescribe;

but shall not include any such services provided to any person, other than a private guard agency or a local council, by his employee whether full-time, part-time or casual; "private investigative services" means obtaining, selling or supplying to any person any information relating to -

(a) the identity, conduct, movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, transactions, reputation or character of any person or a body of persons;

(b) the background or antecedents of any applicant for

(e) the prevention or detection of industrial espionage; "security consultancy services" means the provision of advice relating to the security of property, premises, personnel, plant, machinery and equipment; "specialised private guard" means a private guard rendering specialised private guard services; "specialised private guard services" means private guard services in relation to the transportation or guarding in transit of money or property, or in relation to premises where money or property of value is stored, or in relation to other premises otherwise exposed to high security risks;