Meaning of security guard
6B Meaning of security guard
A security guard is a person who patrols, protects, watches over or guards (protects) the person’s property or other persons or other person’s property—
in the course of carrying on a business; or
in the course of employment.
Example—A jeweller transporting jewellery in the course of carrying on a business who does not engage someone else to guard the jewellery while it is being transported is a ‘security guard’.
Note—Section 123 provides that a person must not, in performing duties as a security guard, physically possess a weapon unless the person holds a security licence (guard).
However, the following persons are not security guards—
a person who protects property if the protection is carried out in the course of primary production;
a person, other than a security organisation, who engages someone else to protect property for the person.
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