2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007
Diana Whalen
Halifax Clayton Park
First Reading: December 7, 2007
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Clause 1 broadens the definition of "private guard" in the Private Investigators and Private Guards Act.
Clause 2 provides that no person shall act as a private guard unless the person has successfully completed all training and testing that is prescribed for the activities the person will be carrying out.
Clause 3 adds a regulation-making power to prescribe training and testing for private guards.
1 Clause 2(f) of Chapter 356 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Private Investigators and Private Guards Act, is amended by
(a) striking out the semicolon at the end of subclause (ii) and substituting a comma; and
(b) adding immediately after subclause (ii), the following subclauses:
(v) performs services to prevent the loss of property through theft or sabotage in an industrial, commercial, residential or retail environment;