Private Guards (Amendment) Regulations, 2004

L.N. 401 of 2004

PRIVATE GUARDS AND LOCAL WARDENS ACT

(CAP. 389)

Private Guards (Amendment) Regulations, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 24 of the Private

Guards and Local Wardens Act, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister

for Justice and Home Affairs has made the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Private Guards

(Amendment) Regulations, 2004 and shall be read and construed as

one with the Private Guards Regulations, 1996, hereinafter referred to

as “the principal regulations”.

For regulation 3 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following>–

“3. No person shall be qualified to be licensed as a private

guard in accordance with the provisions of the Act unless such

person has attained the age of eighteen years.”.

In subregulation (1) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations

for the words “of these regulations.” there shall be substituted the words

“of these regulations>” and immediately after there shall be added the

following new proviso>–

“Provided that this provision shall not apply to persons who

have completed a period of service with the police, or the armed

forces, or the prison services, in Malta or abroad.”.

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