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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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