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Security Providers Act 1993
sec.5Who is a crowd controller
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### sec.5 Who is a crowd controller
A crowd controller is a person who, for reward, is at a public place principally for keeping order in or about the public place, including, for example, by doing any of the following—
screening the entry of persons into the place;
monitoring or controlling the behaviour of persons in the place;
removing persons from the place.
a bouncer at a hotel, nightclub or rock concert
Despite subsection (1) , a person is not a crowd controller merely because the person checks that a person allowed admission to the public place has paid for the admission or has an invitation or pass allowing the admission.
s 5 sub 2007 No. 15 s 6
(sec.5-ssec.1) A crowd controller is a person who, for reward, is at a public place principally for keeping order in or about the public place, including, for example, by doing any of the following— screening the entry of persons into the place; monitoring or controlling the behaviour of persons in the place; removing persons from the place. a bouncer at a hotel, nightclub or rock concert
(sec.5-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) , a person is not a crowd controller merely because the person checks that a person allowed admission to the public place has paid for the admission or has an invitation or pass allowing the admission.
- (a) screening the entry of persons into the place;
- (b) monitoring or controlling the behaviour of persons in the place;
- (c) removing persons from the place.