What is security equipment
8A What is security equipment
Security equipment is acoustic, electronic, mechanical or other equipment—
designed, adapted, or purporting to provide or to enhance property security; or
for protecting or watching property.
Examples—
• an alarm
• an alarm monitoring system
• an audio, or visual, recording system
• an electric, electro-mechanical, magnetic or biometric access control device
• an intrusion detector, including a motion, infra-red, microwave or contact detector
• a safe or vault
However, each of the following is not security equipment—
a device for monitoring inventory, product or stock loss;
an item designed to minimise the possibility of motor vehicle theft, including, for example, a motor vehicle alarm or immobiliser.
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