(1) There is hereby established the Saint Lucia Private Security Authority which shall be a body corporate to which section 19 of the Interpretation Act, Cap. 1.06 applies.
(2) The affairs of the Authority shall be administered by a Board that subject to subsections (3) and (4) shall comprise the following 5 members —
(a) a Chairperson;
(b) a Deputy Chairperson; and
(c) three other members;
appointed by Cabinet, after consultation with the Commissioner of Police and the private security business community.
(3) The persons eligible for appointment pursuant to subsection (2) shall have high professional integrity and experience in at least one of the following areas —
(a) security or defence;
(b) law or law enforcement;
(c) finance or commerce;
(d) consumer affairs.
(4) A person shall be disqualified from being a member of the Board if that person —
(a) holds or is beneficially interested in any stock, share, bond, debenture or other security of, or other interest in, any licensee;
(b) has a pecuniary or other material interest in a device, appliance, machine, article, patent or patented process which is required or used by a licensee;
(c) is declared by a court to be a bankrupt;
(d) is declared by a court to be physically or mentally incapacitated by reason of unsoundness of mind;
(e) has been convicted of a criminal offence except where the offence is a minor traffic offence or has been spent in accordance with the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act, Cap. 3.13;
(f) is a member of Parliament.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4)(b), a member of the Board shall not be held to have a pecuniary or other material interest in a licensee by reason only of the fact that he or she is a consumer of a security service provided by the licensee for general reception.
(6) Where pursuant to section 19 a vacancy exists in the membership of the Board, Cabinet shall in accordance with this section appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(7) Cabinet shall by Order published in the Gazette give notice of the names of the members of the Board as first constituted and every change in the membership of the Board.