Report on the Draft Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009

A report that represents the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Draft Private Security Industry (Northern Ireland) Order 2009. It covers a Draft Order that is the outcome of a review of the private security industry in Northern Ireland.

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This report represents the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Draft Private Security Industry (Northern Ireland) Order 2009. The Committee was established to consider the proposal for a Draft Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009, referred by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and to submit a report to the Assembly by 30 June 2009. The proposed Draft Order is the outcome of a review of the private security industry in Northern Ireland. Its aim is that activities which are currently designated under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, will be designated in Northern Ireland from December 2009 onwards, although this has subsequently changed and is discussed later in the report. One of the effects of this Order will be that a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence will be required from 1 December 2009 for each different licensable activity undertaken. These are: cash and valuables in transit; close protection; public space surveillance (CCTV); security guarding; key holding; immobilisation, restriction and removal of vehicles; and, door supervision (extended to 01 April 2010).
The Draft Order is intended to make a number of technical amendments to the 2001 Act.