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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994
IT
AND
BY
THE BILL SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF SERVICE PROVIDED THE SECURITY AND GUARDING SERVICES INDUSTRY THROUGH A LICENSING SYSTEM THE ON TWO LEVELS, THE GRANTING OF PERMITS TO SECURITY PERSONNEL AND
OF SECURITY
ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE COMPANIES. LICENSING
CONDITIONS ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE
AND PERMITS, LICENCES
PROCESS FOR ISSUING CRITERIA
PRINCIPLES APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES. I AM PLEASED THAT THESE BASIC
THERE WERE NONETHELESS HAVE THE
OF THE BILLS COMMITTEE. SUPPORT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE BILL WHICH WERE THE SUBJECT OF THE BILLS COMMITTEE.
AND
ΤΟ
DISCUSSION BY
BE AN
NATURE OF COMMITMENT, AND BE NECESSARY IN THEIR DUTIES.
IT
AND BUT
ONE QUESTION WHICH WAS RAISED WAS WHETHER THERE SHOULD UPPER AGE LIMIT FOR SECURITY PERSONNEL, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WORKING IN SINGLE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. SECURITY PERSONNEL, BY THE THEIR WORK,
REQUIRE ALERTNESS, VIGILANCE, PERSONAL FITNESS FOR
AN UPPER AGE LIMIT MAY WELL. THE JOB. ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT WHETHER AN UPPER AGE LIMIT IS NECESSARY FOR PARTICULAR SECURITY DUTIES SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE INDEPENDENT SECURITY AND GUARDING SERVICES INDUSTRY AUTHORITY TO BE SET UP FOLLOWING ENACTMENT OF THE BILL.
DEPRIVE
WATCHMEN EXISTING OUR INTENTION TO IS CERTAINLY NOT CARETAKERS OF THEIR ABILITY TO WORK WHILE THEY ARE FIT TO DO SO. WE MUST RECALL THAT THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE SECURITY INDUSTRY IS TO IMPROVE THE STANDARDS AND THE SERVICE WHICH THE PUBLIC IS
ΤΟ LAW
PROVIDE INCOME то EXPECT. IT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF THIS
FOR THE
THAT ELDERLY, WORTHY THOUGH
PURPOSE ASSISTANCE
OF THE BILLS NEVERTHELESS, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN OF SOME MEMBERS
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE ON THE IMPACT OF AN UPPER AGE LIMIT FOR SECURITY
SENTRY WORKING IN SINGLE DOMESTIC BUILDINGS AND GIVEN THE GENERALLY
AUTHORITY NATURE OF THEIR PARTICULAR DUTIES, WE WILL PROPOSE TO THE
FOR SECURITY PERSONNEL THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE A FIXED AGE LIMIT WORKING IN SUCH BUILDINGS. RATHER, WHEN SUCH SECURITY PERSONNEL REACH A CERTAIN AGE, THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE AND
MEDICAL DUTIES.
ΤΟ EXAMINATION
SHOW THAT THEY ARE FIT
ENTITLED
IS.
PASS A REGULAR ΤΟ UNDERTAKE THEIR
ENGAGING
THAT SUGGESTED
THE
FOR
WORK, THE COUNCIL FOR
SOME BILLS COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ALSO CRITERIA FOR ISSUING PERMITS, WHICH SPECIFY DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
OF SECURITY IN DIFFERENT TYPES PERSONNEL SECURITY
WE ACCEPT THIS. SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THIS COUNCIL'S SCRUTINY. CRITERIA FOR ISSUING PERMITS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THIS APPROVAL.
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THE TERM "CONTROLLER" THE QUESTION WAS ALSO RAISED WHETHER
THAT THE SOME MEMBERS POINTED OUT SHOULD BE REDEFINED IN THE BILL. DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY THE PRESENT DEFINITION AROSE FROM THE FACT THAT ORDINANCE, IT RELIED ON THE DEFINITION OF "CONTROLLER" IN THE BANKING
то "CONTROLLER" WHICH WAS THE SAME FOR ALL REFERENCES ORDINANCE. THIS LACK OF UNIFORMITY THEN INTRODUCED UNCERTAINTY
WE AGREE WITH THIS WHAT THE TERM MEANT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS BILL. AND HAVE REDEFINED THE TERM, I AM PLEASED THAT THE REVISED DEFINITION
'CONTROLLER" HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE BILLS COMMITTEE.
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