ASEAN SECURITY - Regulation of Security Guard Uniform

  27/07/2015

Security guard uniform must comply with regulation
1. A person who is licensed as a security guard and who is required by the Act to wear a uniform when acting as a security guard or holding himself or herself out as one shall wear a uniform that complies with this Regulation when acting as a security guard or holding himself or herself out as one. 
Words and logos, etc.
(1) The name, logo or crest of the licensee that employs the security guard must be affixed to the chest of the outermost piece of the uniform.
(2) The term “SECURITY”, “SECURITY GUARD” in upper case letters not less than 1.5 centimetres high and in a colour that contrasts with the dominant colour of the uniform, must be,
(a) permanently affixed to the chest of the outermost piece of the uniform; and
(b) affixed between two and three centimetres below the name, logo or crest of the licensee that employs the security guard, if the name, logo or crest appears anywhere else on the uniform in addition to the chest of the outermost piece. 
(3) The word “SECURITY” in upper case letters not less than 10 centimetres high and in a colour that contrasts with the dominant colour of the uniform, must be permanently affixed to the back of the outermost piece of the uniform unless the outermost piece of the uniform is a shirt with a collar, a sweater, a blazer, a sports jacket or a suit jacket. 
(4) Clause (2) (a) applies independently of subsection (1) and must be complied with in addition to subsection (1) even if the name, logo or crest required by subsection (1) includes a term required by clause (2) (a). 
Identification of guard
An identification tag with the security guard’s name or licence number must be affixed to the chest of the outermost piece of the uniform. 
Shirt colour
If the uniform includes a shirt with a collar, the shirt must not be black or navy blue. 
Trouser stripes
The trousers must not have stripes, other than reflective safety stripes, down the side. 
Hats
The uniform must not include a police-style forage cap. 
Oversight by employers
A licensed business entity shall ensure that the individual licensees employed by it comply with this Regulation. 

 

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