S.I. No. 332/2009 - Private Security (Identity Badge) Regulations 2009

1. The words “PRIVATE SECURITY AUTHORITY” shall appear in capital letters and the characters shall be a minimum height of 3 millimetres.

2. The logo of the Private Security Authority shall appear and the height of the logo shall be a minimum of 3 millimetres.

3. The licence number of the person providing the service shall appear in characters of not less than 5 millimetres in height.

4. A sharp and clear colour photograph of a full front view of the head of the person providing the service shall appear on the left of the badge which photograph is—

(

a

) of such size and clarity that it is possible to easily identify the person providing the service from the photograph,

(

b

) one in which sunglasses are not worn,

(

c

) one in which other glasses obscuring the person’s eyes are not worn.

5. The logo and name of the employer of the person providing the service may appear, and if appearing the name of the employer shall be in characters of not less than 3 millimetres in height.

Part 3

Minimum size of identity badges

Width: 85 millimetres.

Height: 50 millimetres.

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 August 2009

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

GIVEN under the Seal of the Private Security Authority

20 August 2009

RONAN KING

Chairperson.

GERALDINE LARKIN

Chief Executive.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations prescribe for the wearing of identity badges by the holder of certain categories of licences granted under the

Private Security Services Act 2004

. The form, content and size of the identity badge is also prescribed.

6. (1) In the case of an identity badge which is not a licence card issued by the Private Security Authority—

(

a

) the form of identity badge specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 is prescribed as the form of identity badge to be worn by the categories of persons prescribed by Regulation 4;

(

b

) the matters specified in Part 2 of Schedule 3 are prescribed as the content of identity badges to be worn by the categories of persons prescribed by Regulation 4;

(

c

) the size of identity card specified in Part 3 of Schedule 3 is prescribed as the minimum size of identity badge to be worn by the categories of persons prescribed by Regulation 4.

SCHEDULE 1 Categories of persons prescribed for the purposes of section 30 of the Act of 2004

S.I. No. 332 of 2009

PRIVATE SECURITY (IDENTITY BADGE) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

25

th August

, 2009.

The Private Security Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 30

of the

Private Security Services Act 2004

(No. 12 of 2004) and with the consent of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, hereby makes the following regulations