2007 No. 398
SECURITY INDUSTRY

The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Scotland) Order 2007

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3) and (3A) of the Private Security Industry Act 20011 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 3(3A)(b) of that Act they have consulted with the Secretary of State.

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Scotland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st November 2007.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Private Security Industry Act 2001.

(3)

This Order extends to Scotland only.

Designated activities2.

The activities designated for the purposes of section 3 of the Act are–

(a)

those set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act (manned guarding)2; and

(b)

those set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Act (keyholders).

KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates certain activities of security operatives for the purposes of section 3 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”), which are activities that may only be undertaken under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Security Industry Authority.

Article 2(2)(a) designates the activities of security operatives engaged in manned guarding (as specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act).

Article 2(2)(b) designates the activities of security operatives engaged in keyholding activities (as specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act).