s 16 Employees who are security officers
16.—(1) A person must not employ another person as a security officer unless the other person is a licensed security officer. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. (3) A person (whether or not a licensed security agency) who employs, or is about to employ, as a security officer any person who is a licensed security officer must —(a) before employing the licensed security officer; and (b) not later than 14 days after terminating the employment of the licensed security officer, inform the licensing officer in the prescribed form and manner of the proposed employment or termination of employment, as the case may be. (4) Where an employer or a former employer of a licensed security officer contravenes subsection (3), the employer or former employer (as the case may be) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.