Court Security Act 2005
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21 Security officers
21 Security officers
(1) The Sheriff may, by instrument in writing, appoint any of the following persons to be a security officer—
(a) a sheriff’s officer,
(b) any other person who holds a licence under the Security Industry Act 1997 to carry out security activities of the kind that a security officer may be required to carry out under this Act.
(2) The Sheriff may, at any time and for any reason, revoke an appointment of a person made under subsection (1) by notice in writing given to the person.
(3) A security officer appointed under subsection (1) (b) is to be provided by the Sheriff with a certificate of identification in the form prescribed by the regulations.