{"id":"a-2003-4","name":"Security Industry Act 2003","slug":"security-industry-act-2003","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"4 of 2003","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":24363,"registerId":"act-a-2003-4-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Security Industry Act 2003","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nA2003-4\nRepublication No 29\nEffective: 26 November 2025\nRepublication date: 26 November 2025\nLast amendment made by A2025-29\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Security Industry Act 2003 (including any amendment made under\nthe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 26 November 2025. It also\nincludes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to\n26 November 2025.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears\nimmediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the\nendnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nContents\nPage\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Name of Act 2\n3 Dictionary 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc 3\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of Act\n6 Meaning of security business 4\n7 Carrying on security activity 4\n8 Meaning of security equipment 5\n9 Regulations may exempt people from application of Act 6\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 2A Criminal intelligence\n9A Definitions—pt 2A 7\n9B Disclosure of criminal intelligence—chief police officer 7\n9C Disclosure of criminal intelligence—commissioner for fair trading and\nACAT 8\n9D Whether information is criminal intelligence—application and decision 9\n9E Appeal—applicant may withdraw information 10\n9F Confidentiality of criminal intelligence—commissioner for fair trading\nand ACAT 10\n9G Confidentiality of criminal intelligence—courts 11\n9H Delegation by chief police officer 12\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.1 Requirement for licence\n10 Offence of carrying on unauthorised security activity 13\nDivision 3.2 Kinds of licences\n11 Classes of licences 13\n12 Master licences 13\n13 Employee licences 14\n14 Trainer licences 15\n15 Temporary licences 15\n15A Temporary visitor licence 15\n16 Licences do not authorise use of firearm 16\nDivision 3.3 Licence applications\n17 Application for licence 17\nDivision 3.4 Information for assessing licence applications\n18 Request for further information 18\n20 Further information from 3rd parties 18\nDivision 3.5 Suitability and prerequisites for issuing licences\n21 General suitability criteria 19\n22 Meaning of close associate for s 21 22\n23 Public interest 23\n24 Eligibility for employee, trainer and employee temporary visitor\nlicences 24\n\nContents\nPage\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\ncontents 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDivision 3.6 Decisions on applications\n25 Decision on application for licence other than temporary licence 25\n26 Temporary licences 25\n27 Decision on application for variation 26\nDivision 3.7 Form and term of licences\n28 Form of licence 26\n29 Term of licence 27\nDivision 3.7A Cancellation, suspension and surrender of licence\n29AA Disclosure of disqualifying offences 27\n29A Commissioner must cancel licence 27\n29B Immediate suspension of licence 28\n29C Surrender of licence 29\nDivision 3.8 Occupational discipline—licensees\n30 Grounds for occupational discipline 29\n31 Commissioner may apply to ACAT for occupational discipline 30\nDivision 3.9 Register\n34 Register of licences 30\n35 Keeping register 31\nDivision 3.10 Notification and review of decisions\n36 Meaning of reviewable decision—div 3.10 31\n36A Reviewable decision notices 31\n37 Applications for review 32\nPart 4 Other offences\n38 Contravention of licence conditions 33\n39 Return etc of licences varied, suspended or cancelled 33\n40 Advertising 33\n41 Licence to be produced on request 34\n42 Wearing of licences etc 35\n42A Exemption for wearing of licences etc 36\n43 Licensee not to dispose of licence etc 37\n44 Prohibition on delegation etc of functions 37\n45 Master licensee not to employ unlicensed people 38\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 4 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 5 Miscellaneous provisions\n46 Directions to master licensees about insurance etc 39\n47 Licensee to keep commissioner informed 39\n48 Fees charged by unlicensed people 39\n49 Certificates as evidence 40\n49A Destruction of fingerprints 40\n50 Determination of fees 40\n51 Approved forms 41\n52 Regulation-making power 41\nSchedule 1 Reviewable decisions 43\nDictionary 44\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 47\n2 Abbreviation key 47\n3 Legislation history 48\n4 Amendment history 52\n5 Earlier republications 58\n6 Expired transitional or validating provisions 59\n\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nAn Act to provide for the licensing and regulation of people in the security\nindustry, and for other purposes\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\nSection 1\npage 2 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Name of Act\nThis Act is the Security Industry Act 2003.\n3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this Act is part of this Act.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain words and\nexpressions used in this Act, and includes references (signpost\ndefinitions) to other words and expressions defined elsewhere in this Act.\nFor example, the signpost definition ‘employee licence—see section 13.’\nmeans that the expression ‘employee licence’ is defined in section 13.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to\nthe entire Act unless the definition, or another provision of the Act,\nprovides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see\nLegislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).\n4 Notes\nA note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.\nNote See Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n\nPreliminary Part 1\nSection 5\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc\nOther legislation applies in relation to offences against\nthis Act.\nNote 1 Criminal Code\nThe Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to all offences against this Act (see\nCode, pt 2.1).\nThe chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility\n(including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used\nfor offences to which the Code applies (eg conduct, intention,\nrecklessness and strict liability).\nNote 2 Penalty units\nThe Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties\nthat are expressed in penalty units.\n\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of Act\nSection 6\npage 4 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of\nAct\n6 Meaning of security business\nA security business is a business in which a person carries on 1 or\nmore security activities.\n7 Carrying on security activity\n(1) For this Act, a person carries on a security activity if, as part of a\nbusiness or the person’s employment, the person does 1 or more of\nthe following:\n(a) patrols, guards, watches or protects property (including cash in\ntransit);\n(b) guards with a firearm for cash in transit;\n(c) guards with a firearm for protecting property;\n(d) acts as a monitoring centre operator;\n(e) guards with a dog;\n(f) acts as a bodyguard;\n(g) acts as a security consultant;\n(h) acts as a crowd controller;\n(i) sells security equipment;\n(j) carries out surveys and inspections of security equipment;\n(k) gives advice about security equipment;\n(l) installs, maintains, monitors, repairs or services security\nequipment;\n(m) carries on an activity in relation to security that is prescribed\nunder the regulations;\n\nInterpretation and application of Act Part 2\nSection 8\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(n) trains or instructs in relation to an activity mentioned in\nparagraphs (a) to (m);\n(o) employs or provides people to carry on an activity mentioned in\nparagraphs (a) to (n).\n(2) However, a person does not carry on a security activity only because\nthe person installs a lock as part of the person’s occupation as a\nbuilder.\n(3) Also, a person does not carry on a security activity only because the\nperson cuts unrestricted keys or sells self-install security systems.\n(4) In this section:\nself-install security system means a security system designed so that\nit can be installed by an ordinary consumer.\nunrestricted key means a key other than a key marked restricted,\npatented or trademarked.\n8 Meaning of security equipment\n(1) For this Act:\nsecurity equipment means any of the following:\n(a) a safe or vault;\n(b) mechanical, electronic, acoustic or other equipment designed or\nadapted specifically to provide or enhance security or for the\nprotection or watching of any property;\nExamples—par (b)\n1 security screen doors that have reinforced steel mesh\n2 security windows that have a fixed panel of reinforced stainless steel\nmesh in the window frame\n3 security window grilles that are steel bars fixed to the wall outside the\nwindow\n4 security window roller shutters that are made of reinforced aluminium\nand are lockable\n\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of Act\nSection 9\npage 6 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(c) a device or equipment prescribed under the regulations for this\ndefinition.\n(2) However, security equipment does not include a device or equipment\ndeclared not to be security equipment under the regulations.\n9 Regulations may exempt people from application of Act\nThe regulations may exempt people from the application of this Act.\n\nCriminal intelligence Part 2A\nSection 9A\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 2A Criminal intelligence\n9A Definitions—pt 2A\nIn this part:\ncriminal intelligence means information relating to actual or\nsuspected criminal activity (whether in the ACT or elsewhere) the\ndisclosure of which could reasonably be expected to—\n(a) prejudice a criminal investigation; or\n(b) enable the discovery of the existence or identity of a confidential\nsource of information relevant to law enforcement; or\n(c) endanger anyone’s life or physical safety.\nmaintain—an entity maintains the confidentiality of information in\nrelation to an applicant for a licence or licensee only if—\n(a) the information is not used by the entity for a purpose other than\nexercising a function mentioned in this part; and\n(b) the information is not disclosed to the applicant or licensee,\nrepresentatives of the applicant or licensee or any member of the\npublic; and\n(c) evidence and submissions about the information are received\nand heard in private in the absence of the applicant or licensee\nand representatives of the applicant or licensee, and are not\ndisclosed to any member of the public; and\n(d) the information is not disclosed in any reasons for decision.\n9B Disclosure of criminal intelligence—chief police officer\n(1) Information that is classified by the chief police officer as criminal\nintelligence must not be disclosed for this Act to anyone other than\nthe commissioner for fair trading, the Minister, a court or an entity to\nwhom the chief police officer authorises its disclosure.\n\nPart 2A Criminal intelligence\nSection 9C\npage 8 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) The chief police officer may only disclose the information to the\ncommissioner for fair trading if the officer believes on reasonable\ngrounds that the information is relevant to—\n(a) the making of a decision by the commissioner about issuing a\nlicence to an applicant; or\n(b) the making of a decision by the commissioner about whether to\napply to the ACAT for an occupational discipline order in\nrelation to a licensee.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not prevent the chief police officer from\ndisclosing the information for another lawful purpose.\n9C Disclosure of criminal intelligence—commissioner for fair\ntrading and ACAT\n(1) This section applies—\n(a) if—\n(i) the commissioner for fair trading refuses to issue a licence\nto an applicant; or\n(ii) the commissioner for fair trading applies to the ACAT for\nan occupational discipline order in relation to a licensee; or\n(iii) the ACAT makes an occupational discipline order in\nrelation to a licensee; and\n(b) if a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) is done because, or partly\nbecause, of information that is classified by the chief police\nofficer as criminal intelligence.\n(2) The commissioner or ACAT must not give any reason for doing the\nthing other than the following:\n(a) for subsection (1) (a) (i)—that issuing the licence would not be\nin the public interest;\n\nCriminal intelligence Part 2A\nSection 9D\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) for subsection (1) (a) (ii)—that disclosing the reason for the\napplication would not be in the public interest;\n(c) for subsection (1) (a) (iii)—that disclosing the reason for the\norder would not be in the public interest.\n9D Whether information is criminal intelligence—application\nand decision\n(1) This section applies if the commissioner for fair trading—\n(a) refuses to issue a licence to an applicant because, or partly\nbecause, of information that is classified by the chief police\nofficer as criminal intelligence, and the applicant applies to the\nACAT for review of the decision (the proceeding); or\n(b) applies to the ACAT for an occupational discipline order in\nrelation to a licensee because, or partly because, of information\nthat is classified by the chief police officer as criminal\nintelligence (also the proceeding).\n(2) The commissioner or chief police officer must apply to the ACAT for\na decision about whether the information is criminal intelligence.\n(3) The application need not be served on anyone unless the ACAT\notherwise orders on its own initiative.\n(4) The ACAT may decide that the information is, or is not, criminal\nintelligence.\n(5) If the ACAT proposes to decide that the information is not criminal\nintelligence, the applicant must be told about the proposal and given\nthe opportunity to withdraw the information from the proceeding.\n\nPart 2A Criminal intelligence\nSection 9E\npage 10 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n9E Appeal—applicant may withdraw information\n(1) This section applies to the following proceedings:\n(a) if—\n(i) the ACAT has made a decision that information is not\ncriminal intelligence, and there is an appeal to the Supreme\nCourt from that decision; and\n(ii) the court proposes to find that the information is not\ncriminal intelligence;\n(b) if—\n(i) the applicant mentioned in section 9D (1) (a) appeals the\nACAT’s decision to the Supreme Court; and\n(ii) the court proposes to find that the information is not\ncriminal intelligence;\n(c) if—\n(i) the licensee mentioned in section 9D (1) (b) appeals the\nACAT’s decision to the Supreme Court; and\n(ii) the court proposes to find that the information is not\ncriminal intelligence.\n(2) The applicant mentioned in section 9D (2) must be told about the\ncourt’s proposal and given the opportunity to withdraw the\ninformation from the proceeding.\n9F Confidentiality of criminal intelligence—commissioner for\nfair trading and ACAT\n(1) The commissioner for fair trading must maintain the confidentiality\nof information classified by the chief police officer as criminal\nintelligence when deciding whether to—\n(a) issue a licence to an applicant; or\n\nCriminal intelligence Part 2A\nSection 9G\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 11\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) apply to the ACAT for an occupational discipline order in\nrelation to a licensee.\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading and ACAT must maintain the\nconfidentiality of information that is the subject of an application\nmentioned in section 9D (2)—\n(a) until the tribunal makes a decision about whether the\ninformation is criminal intelligence; or\n(b) that the tribunal—\n(i) decides is criminal intelligence; or\n(ii) decides is not criminal intelligence, if there is an appeal\nfrom that decision and the appeal is upheld.\n(3) The commissioner for fair trading and ACAT must maintain the\nconfidentiality of information that is the subject of an application\nmentioned in section 9D (2) if the information is withdrawn.\n(4) The commissioner for fair trading or ACAT may take any steps the\ncommissioner or tribunal considers appropriate to maintain the\nconfidentiality of the information.\n(5) However, if the Supreme Court finds that the information is not\ncriminal intelligence, and the information is not withdrawn, the\ncommissioner for fair trading or ACAT need not maintain the\nconfidentiality of the information.\n9G Confidentiality of criminal intelligence—courts\n(1) This section applies if a court deals (on appeal or otherwise) with—\n(a) a decision by the ACAT about whether information is criminal\nintelligence; or\n(b) the question of whether information classified by the chief\npolice officer as criminal intelligence is criminal intelligence.\n(2) The court must maintain the confidentiality of the information.\n\nPart 2A Criminal intelligence\nSection 9H\npage 12 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(3) The court may take any steps it considers appropriate to maintain the\nconfidentiality of the information.\n(4) The court must not give any reason for making a finding in relation\nto the information, other than the public interest.\n(5) However, if the Supreme Court finds that information is not criminal\nintelligence, and the information is not withdrawn—\n(a) the court need not maintain the confidentiality of the\ninformation and may give reasons for the finding; and\n(b) any other court need not maintain the confidentiality of the\ninformation and may give reasons for making a finding in\nrelation to the information.\n9H Delegation by chief police officer\n(1) The chief police officer may delegate a function under this part to a\nsenior police officer.\nNote For the making of delegations and the exercise of delegated functions,\nsee the Legislation Act, pt 19.4.\n(2) In this section:\nsenior police officer means a police officer of or above the rank of\nsuperintendent.\n\nLicences Part 3\nRequirement for licence Division 3.1\nSection 10\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 13\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.1 Requirement for licence\n10 Offence of carrying on unauthorised security activity\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) carries on a security activity; and\n(b) does not hold a licence authorising the person to carry on the\nactivity.\nMaximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or\nboth.\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\nDivision 3.2 Kinds of licences\n11 Classes of licences\n(1) Under this Act, licences are divided into 5 classes: master licences,\nemployee licences, trainer licences, temporary licences and\ntemporary visitor licences.\n(2) Employee licences and temporary visitor licences are further divided\ninto subclasses.\n(3) If a person is not eligible for an employee licence, the person may be\neligible for a temporary licence.\nNote See s 26 (Temporary licences).\n12 Master licences\n(1) A master licence is a licence that authorises the licensee to employ\nor provide people to carry on a security activity.\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.2 Kinds of licences\nSection 13\npage 14 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) However, the licensee may only employ or provide a person to carry\non a security activity if the person holds an employee licence, a trainer\nlicence, a temporary licence or an employee temporary visitor\nlicence.\n13 Employee licences\n(1) An employee licence is a licence that authorises the licensee to do\n1 or more of the following:\n(a) patrol, guard, watch or protect property (including cash in\ntransit);\n(b) guard with a firearm for cash in transit;\n(c) guard with a firearm for protecting property;\n(d) act as a monitoring centre operator;\n(e) guard with a dog;\n(f) act as a bodyguard;\n(g) act as a security consultant;\n(h) act as a crowd controller;\n(i) sell security equipment;\n(j) carry out surveys and inspections of security equipment;\n(k) give advice about security equipment;\n(l) install, maintain, monitor, repair or service security equipment.\nNote 1 A licence to guard with a firearm does not authorise the licensee to use a\nfirearm (see s 16).\nNote 2 A person must hold an appropriate ACT firearms licence to be eligible to\nbe granted a licence to guard with a firearm (see s 24).\n\nLicences Part 3\nKinds of licences Division 3.2\nSection 14\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) In this section:\nsecurity consultant means a person whose function is to identify and\nanalyse security risks and provide solutions, management strategies\nor both to minimise security risks.\n14 Trainer licences\n(1) A trainer licence is a licence that authorises the licensee to provide\ntraining in relation to security activities.\n(2) A trainer licence may relate to particular security activities, or\nsecurity activities generally.\n15 Temporary licences\n(1) A temporary licence is a licence issued under section 26 to someone\nwho is not eligible to hold an employee licence.\n(2) A temporary licence authorises an activity that may be authorised by\nan employee licence.\n15A Temporary visitor licence\n(1) A temporary visitor licence is a licence that authorises the licensee—\n(a) to employ or provide people to carry on 1 or more of the security\nactivities mentioned in subsection (3) for a special event\n(a master temporary visitor licence); or\n(b) to carry on 1 or more of the security activities mentioned in\nsubsection (3) for a special event (an employee temporary\nvisitor licence).\nExamples—special event\na sporting event, an entertainment event\n(2) However, a master temporary visitor licensee may only employ or\nprovide a person to carry on a security activity for a special event if\nthe person holds an employee licence, a trainer licence, a temporary\nlicence or an employee temporary visitor licence.\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.2 Kinds of licences\nSection 16\npage 16 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(3) The following are security activities for a temporary visitor licence:\n(a) patrol, guard, watch or protect property (including cash in\ntransit);\n(b) guard with a firearm for cash in transit;\n(c) guard with a firearm for protecting property;\n(d) act as a monitoring centre operator;\n(e) guard with a dog;\n(f) act as a bodyguard;\n(g) act as a security consultant;\n(h) act as a crowd controller;\n(i) sell security equipment;\n(j) carry out surveys and inspections of security equipment;\n(k) give advice about security equipment;\n(l) install, maintain, monitor, repair or service security equipment.\nNote 1 A licence to guard with a firearm does not authorise the licensee to use a\nfirearm (see s 16).\nNote 2 A person must hold an appropriate ACT firearms licence to be eligible to\nbe granted a licence to guard with a firearm (see s 24).\n16 Licences do not authorise use of firearm\nA licence does not authorise the licensee to use a firearm.\nNote Use of firearms is dealt with in the Firearms Act 1996.\n\nLicences Part 3\nLicence applications Division 3.3\nSection 17\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDivision 3.3 Licence applications\n17 Application for licence\n(1) A person may apply to the commissioner for fair trading for a licence\nor for variation of a licence.\n(2) The application must be in writing signed by the applicant.\n(3) The application, unless it is for a temporary visitor licence, must be\naccompanied by—\n(a) a police certificate for the applicant, dated not earlier than 2\nmonths before the day the application is made; and\nNote See s 49A (Destruction of fingerprints).\n(b) evidence of the applicant’s identity in accordance with the\nrequirements under the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988\n(Cwlth) that apply in relation to the opening of a bank account;\nand\n(c) any information prescribed by regulation.\n(4) For subsection (3) (a), the police certificate must be verified by the\napplicant’s fingerprints if the applicant has not previously given the\ncommissioner for fair trading a fingerprint-verified police certificate.\n(5) An application for a trainer licence or employee temporary visitor\nlicence, or for variation of such a licence, must state the following:\n(a) the licence applied for (including the security activities the\nlicence is to authorise);\n(b) the name and business address of the applicant’s employer or\nproposed employer, unless the applicant is self-employed and\nholds a master licence or master temporary visitor licence.\n(6) An application for an employee licence, or for variation of an\nemployee licence, must state the licence applied for (including the\nsecurity activities the licence is to authorise).\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.4 Information for assessing licence applications\nSection 18\npage 18 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(7) An application for a temporary visitor licence must be made no later\nthan 5 working days before the commencement of the special event\nto which it relates.\nDivision 3.4 Information for assessing licence\napplications\n18 Request for further information\n(1) The commissioner for fair trading may, by written notice given to an\napplicant for a licence, or for variation of a licence, require the\napplicant to give the commissioner additional stated information or\ndocuments that the commissioner reasonably needs to decide the\napplication.\n(2) Without limiting subsection (1), if the applicant has lived in a foreign\ncountry as an adult for a continuous period of 1 year or more in the 5\nyears before the day the application is made, the commissioner may\nrequire the applicant to give the commissioner a certified copy of the\napplicant’s criminal history record from that country.\n(3) The commissioner need not decide an application unless the applicant\ncomplies with the requirement.\n(4) In this section:\ncriminal history record, of an applicant, means a written report about\nthe applicant’s criminal history from an entity in a foreign country\nthat has access to records about the criminal history of people in that\ncountry.\n20 Further information from 3rd parties\n(1) This section applies in relation to a person (the 3rd party) if the\ncommissioner for fair trading is satisfied that the 3rd party has an\nassociation or connection with an applicant for a licence, or for\nvariation of a licence, that is relevant to the application.\n\nLicences Part 3\nSuitability and prerequisites for issuing licences Division 3.5\nSection 21\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 19\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading may, by written notice to the 3rd\nparty, require the 3rd party to do 1 or more of the following:\n(a) provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, stated\ninformation, verified as required by the notice, that is relevant\nto the consideration of the application;\n(b) produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, stated\nrecords relevant to the consideration of the application and allow\nexamination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and\nthe making of copies of them;\n(c) authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a stated\nrequirement of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);\n(d) give the commissioner for fair trading the authorities and\nconsents the commissioner asks for to allow the commissioner\nto obtain information (including financial and other confidential\ninformation) from other people about the applicant and the\napplicant’s associates or relatives.\n(3) If the commissioner makes a requirement, the commissioner need not\ndecide the application until the requirement is complied with.\nDivision 3.5 Suitability and prerequisites for\nissuing licences\n21 General suitability criteria\n(1) The commissioner for fair trading must not issue or vary a licence\nunless—\n(a) satisfied—\n(i) about the applicant’s identity; and\n(ii) that the applicant is eligible to hold the licence; and\nNote Eligibility for employee, trainer and employee temporary\nvisitor licences is dealt with in s 24.\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.5 Suitability and prerequisites for issuing licences\nSection 21\npage 20 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(iii) for a licence other than a temporary visitor licence—that\nthe applicant has satisfactorily completed a training course,\nor has experience or other training that is equivalent, or\nsubstantially equivalent, to completion of a training course,\nprescribed by regulation for the licence applied for; and\n(iv) for an application for an employee licence to do 1 or more\nof the things mentioned in section 13 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d),\n(e), (f) or (h)—that an employee organisation has given the\napplicant the information prescribed by regulation in\nrelation to workplace rights and responsibilities\n(workplace information); and\n(v) that the applicant satisfies any condition prescribed by\nregulation for the licence; and\n(vi) that it is otherwise in the public interest to issue a licence\nto the applicant; and\n(vii) for a master temporary visitor licence—that the applicant\nholds a full licence (however described) under the law of a\nState to employ or provide a person to carry on the activity\nauthorised under the licence; and\n(viii) for an employee temporary visitor licence—that the\napplicant holds a full licence (however described) under\nthe law of a State to do the activity authorised under the\nlicence; and\n(b) the applicant—\n(i) if the applicant is an individual—is an adult; and\n(ii) if competency standards are prescribed under the\nregulations—has satisfied the standards.\n\nLicences Part 3\nSuitability and prerequisites for issuing licences Division 3.5\nSection 21\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) Also, the commissioner for fair trading must not issue or vary a\nlicence if—\n(a) within the 10 years before the day the application is made, the\napplicant has been convicted of 1 or more of the offences\nmentioned in subsection (3), in the ACT or elsewhere; or\n(b) within the 5 years before the day the application is made, the\napplicant has been found guilty (but not convicted) of 1 or more\nof the offences mentioned in subsection (3), in the ACT or\nelsewhere.\n(3) The offences are as follows:\n(a) if the stated circumstances apply—an offence involving assault,\nviolence against a person, dishonesty or theft;\n(b) if the stated circumstances apply—an offence relating to the\npossession, storage or use of a firearm or other weapon;\n(c) if the stated circumstances apply—an offence, other than for\npossession, involving a controlled drug, controlled plant or\ncontrolled precursor within the meaning of the Criminal Code;\n(d) an offence involving robbery;\n(e) an offence against the Commonwealth Criminal Code, part 5.3\n(Terrorism);\n(f) an offence committed outside the ACT involving terrorism that\nis an offence against a law of the place where the offence is\ncommitted.\n(4) This section is subject to section 26 (Temporary licences).\n(5) In this section:\napplicant—\n(a) for an application for a master licence or master temporary\nvisitor licence—includes a close associate of the applicant; and\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.5 Suitability and prerequisites for issuing licences\nSection 22\npage 22 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) if the applicant is a corporation—includes each executive officer\nof the corporation; and\n(c) if the applicant is a partnership—includes each partner.\nclose associate—see section 22.\nexecutive officer, of a corporation, means a person, by whatever\nname called and whether or not the person is a director of the\ncorporation, who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation’s\nmanagement.\nstated circumstances, for an offence for which an applicant has been\nconvicted, means that—\n(a) a penalty is imposed on the applicant for the offence; and\n(b) the penalty is imprisonment, a fine of $500 or more, or both.\n22 Meaning of close associate for s 21\n(1) In section 21:\nclose associate, of a person (the relevant person), means—\n(a) a person who—\n(i) holds or will hold a financial interest, or is or will be\nentitled to exercise a relevant power, in the relevant\nperson’s business; and\n(ii) the commissioner for fair trading is satisfied, is or will be\nable to exercise a significant influence in relation to the\nconduct of the business because of the interest or power; or\n(b) a person who holds or will hold an executive office in the\nrelevant person’s business.\n\nLicences Part 3\nSuitability and prerequisites for issuing licences Division 3.5\nSection 23\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) In this section:\nexecutive office, in a business, means a position (however described)\nin which the person is concerned with, or takes part in, the\nmanagement of the business.\nexercise a power includes exercise the power on behalf of someone\nelse.\nfinancial interest, in relation to a business, means—\n(a) a share in the capital of the business; or\n(b) an entitlement to receive income derived from the business,\nhowever the entitlement arises.\nhold a position includes hold the position on behalf of someone else.\npower means a power exercisable—\n(a) by voting or otherwise; and\n(b) alone or with others.\nrelevant power, in relation to a business, means a power—\n(a) to take part in a directorial, managerial or executive decision for\nthe business; or\n(b) to elect or appoint a person to an executive office in the business.\n23 Public interest\n(1) In deciding whether it is in the public interest to issue a licence to an\napplicant, the commissioner for fair trading must consider whether\nthe applicant has—\n(a) committed a relevant offence, whether or not the applicant has\nbeen convicted of the offence; or\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.5 Suitability and prerequisites for issuing licences\nSection 24\npage 24 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) been convicted or found guilty of any other offence (other than\nan offence mentioned in section 21 (3)) that the commissioner\nbelieves on reasonable grounds affects the person’s suitability\nto hold a licence.\nExample—par (b)\nan offence involving violence against an animal\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading may consider any other relevant\nmatter to decide whether it is in the public interest to issue a licence\nto an applicant.\nExamples—matters to be considered\n1 a police certificate accompanying an application under s 17 (3)\n2 information collected under s 20\n3 if an applicant mentioned in s 18 (2) failed to give the commissioner a certified\ncopy of the applicant’s criminal history record from a foreign country as\nrequested by the commissioner, and the applicant has not given the\ncommissioner any other information or documents about the applicant’s\nprobity\n4 if the applicant has been subject to a final order under the Family Violence\nAct 2016 or Personal Violence Act 2016\n24 Eligibility for employee, trainer and employee temporary\nvisitor licences\n(1) A person is eligible to hold a trainer or employee temporary visitor\nlicence only if the person is an individual who—\n(a) is employed by someone who holds a master licence or master\ntemporary visitor licence; or\n(b) is self-employed and holds a master licence or master temporary\nvisitor licence.\n(2) A person is eligible to hold an employee or employee temporary\nvisitor licence to guard with a firearm only if the person satisfies the\ncommissioner that he or she holds an appropriate ACT firearms\nlicence.\n\nLicences Part 3\nDecisions on applications Division 3.6\nSection 25\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDivision 3.6 Decisions on applications\n25 Decision on application for licence other than temporary\nlicence\n(1) On application for a licence other than a temporary licence, the\ncommissioner for fair trading must—\n(a) issue the licence; or\n(b) refuse to issue the licence.\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading may issue the licence subject to\nconditions.\nNote The ACAT may also direct the commissioner for fair trading to place a\ncondition on a person’s licence (see ACT Civil and Administrative\nTribunal Act 2008, s 66 (2) (g) (i)).\n(3) The commissioner for fair trading must not issue a licence unless—\n(a) 1 or more classes are endorsed on the licence; and\n(b) if the licence is an employee licence or an employee temporary\nvisitor licence—1 or more subclasses are endorsed on the\nlicence.\n26 Temporary licences\n(1) This section applies to an applicant if the applicant—\n(a) is a trainee; and\n(b) is not eligible for a licence only because either or both of the\nfollowing apply:\n(i) the applicant is not an adult;\n(ii) the commissioner is not satisfied under section 21 (1) (a)\n(iii) (which deals with approved training courses or\nequivalent) in relation to the applicant.\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.7 Form and term of licences\nSection 27\npage 26 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading may issue a temporary licence to\nthe applicant if satisfied that the applicant will be under the direct\nsupervision of a licensee authorised to carry on the security activities\nthe temporary licensee is authorised to carry on.\n(3) The commissioner for fair trading may issue the licence subject to\nconditions.\n(4) A temporary licence may be issued for up to 1 year.\n(5) In this section:\ntrainee means a person undertaking training under an approved\ntraining contract under the Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003.\n27 Decision on application for variation\nOn application for a variation to a licence, the commissioner for fair\ntrading must—\n(a) vary the licence; or\n(b) refuse to vary the licence.\nDivision 3.7 Form and term of licences\n28 Form of licence\nA licence must—\n(a) be signed by the licensee; and\n(b) state the licence class or, if the licence authorises the licensee to\ncarry on an activity in more than 1 subclass, each subclass, of\nlicence; and\n(c) have a unique identifying number (the licence number); and\n(d) contain anything else prescribed under the regulations.\n\nLicences Part 3\nCancellation, suspension and surrender of licence Division 3.7A\nSection 29\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 27\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n29 Term of licence\n(1) A licence is issued for the period (not longer than 3 years) decided by\nthe commissioner and stated in the licence.\n(2) A temporary visitor licence is issued for the period (stated in the\nlicence) of the special event to which it relates.\nDivision 3.7A Cancellation, suspension and\nsurrender of licence\n29AA Disclosure of disqualifying offences\n(1) A licensee must notify the commissioner for fair trading, in writing,\nif the licensee is convicted or found guilty of an offence mentioned in\nsection 21 (3) (General suitability criteria) during the term of the\nlicence.\n(2) A licensee commits an offence if the licensee fails to give notice in\naccordance with subsection (1) within 14 days after the day the\nlicensee becomes aware of the conviction or finding of guilt.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n29A Commissioner must cancel licence\n(1) This section applies if a licensee is convicted or found guilty of an\noffence mentioned in section 21 (3) (General suitability criteria)\nduring the term of the licence.\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading must cancel the licence.\nNote The commissioner must give notice of the decision to the licensee (see\ns 36A).\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.7A Cancellation, suspension and surrender of licence\nSection 29B\npage 28 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n29B Immediate suspension of licence\n(1) This section applies if—\n(a) the commissioner for fair trading applies, or intends to apply, to\nthe ACAT for an occupational discipline order in relation to a\nlicensee; and\n(b) having regard to the reasons for the application, the\ncommissioner believes on reasonable grounds that the licence\nshould be suspended immediately in the interests of public\nsafety.\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading must give the licensee a written\nnotice (the immediate suspension notice) suspending the licence.\nNote See also s 36A (Reviewable decision notices).\n(3) The suspension of a licence under this section takes effect when the\nimmediate suspension notice is given to the licensee.\n(4) The suspension of a licence under this section ends—\n(a) if the ACAT makes an occupational discipline order in relation\nto the licensee—when the order takes effect, or 60 days after the\nday the immediate suspension notice is given to the licensee,\nwhichever is the earlier; or\n(b) if the ACAT does not make an occupational discipline order in\nrelation to the licensee—when the licensee is given written\nnotice of the tribunal’s decision not to make an order, or 60 days\nafter the day the immediate suspension notice is given to the\nlicensee, whichever is the earlier.\nNote The ACAT may make interim orders extending the suspension of a\nlicence (see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, s 53).\n\nLicences Part 3\nOccupational discipline—licensees Division 3.8\nSection 29C\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 29\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n29C Surrender of licence\n(1) A licensee may surrender the licence by giving the commissioner for\nfair trading—\n(a) written notice that the licence is being surrendered; and\n(b) if the licensee has not already given the commissioner the\nlicence—the licence.\nNote A licensee may have already given the licence to the commissioner after\nit was varied or suspended (see s 39).\n(2) The licence is cancelled on the day stated by the commissioner after\nreceiving the written notice and the licence.\n(3) The commissioner must tell the former licensee in writing the day on\nwhich the licence is cancelled.\n(4) A licence that is suspended may be surrendered under this section.\nDivision 3.8 Occupational discipline—licensees\n30 Grounds for occupational discipline\n(1) Each of the following is a ground for occupational discipline in\nrelation to a licensee:\n(a) the licensee gave information in relation to the application for\nthe licence that was false or misleading in a material particular;\n(b) the licensee is not eligible to apply for, or be issued with, a\nlicence of the class the licensee holds;\n(c) the licensee has contravened, or is contravening, this Act,\nwhether or not the licensee has been convicted of an offence for\nthe contravention;\nNote A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory\ninstruments made or in force under the Act, including regulations\n(see Legislation Act, s 104).\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.9 Register\nSection 31\npage 30 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(d) the licensee has contravened, or is contravening, a condition of\nthe licence;\n(e) the licensee has committed a relevant offence, whether or not\nthe licensee has been convicted of the offence;\nNote Relevant offence—see the dictionary.\n(f) it is not otherwise in the public interest for the licensee to be\nlicensed;\n(g) another ground prescribed by regulation.\nExample—when licensee no longer eligible—par (b)\nif the licensee were to apply for the licence the licensee holds, the licensee would\nnot satisfy the competency standards prescribed by regulation for the licence\n(2) A ground for occupational discipline applies to a licensee who is no\nlonger licensed if the ground applied to the licensee while licensed.\n31 Commissioner may apply to ACAT for occupational\ndiscipline\nIf the commissioner for fair trading believes on reasonable grounds\nthat a ground for occupational discipline exists in relation to a\nlicensee, the commissioner may apply to the ACAT for an\noccupational discipline order in relation to the licensee.\nNote The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, s 66 sets out\noccupational discipline orders the ACAT may make.\nDivision 3.9 Register\n34 Register of licences\n(1) The commissioner for fair trading must keep a register of licences\nunder this Act.\n(2) The register must be available for public inspection at reasonable\ntimes.\n\nLicences Part 3\nNotification and review of decisions Division 3.10\nSection 35\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 31\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n35 Keeping register\n(1) The register may include information about licences given to the\ncommissioner for fair trading under this Act and any other\ninformation the commissioner considers appropriate.\n(2) The register may be kept in the form of, or as part of, 1 or more\ncomputer databases or in any form the commissioner for fair trading\nconsiders appropriate.\n(3) The commissioner for fair trading may correct any mistake, error or\nomission in the register subject to the requirements (if any) of the\nregulations.\n(4) The commissioner may change a detail included in the register to\nkeep the register up-to-date.\n(5) This section does not limit the functions of the commissioner for fair\ntrading in relation to the register.\nDivision 3.10 Notification and review of decisions\n36 Meaning of reviewable decision—div 3.10\nIn this division:\nreviewable decision means a decision mentioned in schedule 1,\ncolumn 3 under a provision of this Act mentioned in column 2 in\nrelation to the decision.\n36A Reviewable decision notices\nIf a person makes a reviewable decision, the person must give a\nreviewable decision notice to each entity mentioned in schedule 1,\ncolumn 4 in relation to the decision.\nNote The person must also take reasonable steps to give a reviewable decision\nnotice to any other person whose interests are affected by the decision\n(see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, s 67A).\n\nPart 3 Licences\nDivision 3.10 Notification and review of decisions\nSection 37\npage 32 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n37 Applications for review\nThe following may apply to the ACAT for a review of a reviewable\ndecision:\n(a) an entity mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 in relation to the\ndecision;\n(b) any other person whose interests are affected by the decision.\n\nOther offences Part 4\nSection 38\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 33\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 4 Other offences\n38 Contravention of licence conditions\n(1) A licensee commits an offence if the licensee contravenes a condition\nof the licence.\nMaximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or\nboth.\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n39 Return etc of licences varied, suspended or cancelled\n(1) This section applies to a person whose licence is varied, suspended or\ncancelled under this Act.\n(2) The person commits an offence if the person fails to return the licence\nto the commissioner for fair trading as soon as practicable (but within\n5 business days) after the variation, suspension or cancellation takes\neffect.\nMaximum penalty: 20 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n(4) If a licence is varied, the commissioner for fair trading must give the\nperson a varied licence, showing the variation, for the remainder of\nthe period of the licence to which the variation relates.\n40 Advertising\n(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person advertises that the person carries on, or is willing to\ncarry on, a security activity; and\n(b) the person is not the holder of a licence that authorises the person\nto carry on the security activity mentioned in the advertisement.\nMaximum penalty: 30 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Other offences\nSection 41\npage 34 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n(3) In this section:\nadvertisement includes a business card, brochure, newsletter or form.\n41 Licence to be produced on request\n(1) A licensee commits an offence if—\n(a) the licensee is asked to produce the licensee’s licence for\ninspection by—\n(i) a police officer; or\n(ii) an investigator; or\n(iii) anyone with whom the licensee has dealings when carrying\non a security activity; and\n(b) the licensee does not produce the licence for inspection.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n(3) Subsection (1) (a) (iii) does not apply to a licensee if—\n(a) a regulation requires the licensee to wear another form of\nidentification while carrying on the security activity; and\n(b) the licensee wears the other form of identification while carrying\non the security activity.\n(4) In this section:\ninvestigator—see the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law)\nAct 1992, dictionary.\n\nOther offences Part 4\nSection 42\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 35\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n42 Wearing of licences etc\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) holds an employee licence or an employee temporary visitor\nlicence; and\n(b) carries out any of the following security activities:\n(i) patrol, guard, watch or protect property (including cash in\ntransit);\n(ii) guard with a firearm for cash in transit;\n(iii) guard with a firearm for protecting property;\n(iv) guard with a dog;\n(v) act as a bodyguard;\n(vi) act as a crowd controller; and\n(c) does not wear the licence so the licence number is clearly\nvisible.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) holds an employee licence or an employee temporary visitor\nlicence; and\n(b) carries out any of the following security activities:\n(i) act as a monitoring centre operator;\n(ii) act as a security consultant;\n(iii) sell security equipment;\n(iv) carry out surveys and inspections of security equipment;\n(v) give advice about security equipment;\n\nPart 4 Other offences\nSection 42A\npage 36 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(vi) install, maintain, monitor, repair or service security\nequipment; and\n(c) either—\n(i) does not carry the licence; or\n(ii) fails to produce it for inspection on demand by a person in\nrelation to whom the person is carrying out the activities.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n(4) This section does not apply to—\n(a) a person carrying on a security activity if—\n(i) a regulation requires the person to wear another form of\nidentification while carrying on the security activity; and\n(ii) the person wears the other form of identification while\ncarrying on the security activity; or\n(b) a licensee if the commissioner for fair trading has exempted the\nlicensee under section 42A.\n(5) In this section:\nsecurity consultant—see section 13 (2).\n42A Exemption for wearing of licences etc\n(1) On application by a licensee, the commissioner for fair trading may,\nin writing, exempt a licensee from a provision of section 42 if\nsatisfied that it is appropriate to exempt the licensee because of the\nspecial nature of the licensee’s functions.\n(2) An exemption under subsection (1) may be subject to conditions.\n\nOther offences Part 4\nSection 43\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 37\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(3) A licensee commits an offence if the licensee contravenes a condition\nof the exemption.\nMaximum penalty: 10 penalty units.\n(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n43 Licensee not to dispose of licence etc\n(1) A licensee commits an offence if the licensee—\n(a) gives the licence, temporarily or permanently, to anyone; or\n(b) allows anyone else to use the licence.\nMaximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or\nboth.\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n(3) This section does not apply if the licensee gives the licence to the\ncommissioner for fair trading.\n44 Prohibition on delegation etc of functions\n(1) A licensee commits an offence if the licensee—\n(a) either—\n(i) delegates the carrying on of a security activity to a person;\nor\n(ii) purports to authorise a person to carry on a security\nactivity; and\n(b) the delegate or person authorised is not licensed to carry on the\nsecurity activity.\nMaximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or\nboth.\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n\nPart 4 Other offences\nSection 45\npage 38 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n45 Master licensee not to employ unlicensed people\n(1) A person who holds a master licence or master temporary visitor\nlicence commits an offence if—\n(a) the person employs a person to carry on a security activity; and\n(b) the employee is not licensed to carry on the security activity.\nMaximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or\nboth.\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n\nMiscellaneous provisions Part 5\nSection 46\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 39\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 5 Miscellaneous provisions\n46 Directions to master licensees about insurance etc\n(1) The Minister may give directions to master licensees or master\ntemporary visitor licensees about the taking out of insurance, or the\nadoption of risk management plans.\n(2) A direction is a disallowable instrument.\n47 Licensee to keep commissioner informed\n(1) A licensee commits an offence if—\n(a) a detail included in the licence, or in the application for the\nlicence, changes; and\n(b) the licensee does not tell the commissioner for fair trading about\nthe change as soon as practicable after the licensee becomes\naware of the change.\nMaximum penalty: 5 penalty units.\n(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\n48 Fees charged by unlicensed people\n(1) A person is not entitled to charge a fee in relation to a security activity\nunless the person is, or was, authorised to carry on the activity by a\nlicence.\n(2) If a person charges a fee in contravention of this section, the fee\ncannot be sued for, recovered or kept by the person.\n\nPart 5 Miscellaneous provisions\nSection 49\npage 40 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n49 Certificates as evidence\n(1) This section applies to a certificate signed by the commissioner for\nfair trading (or by a person holding an office prescribed by the\nregulations) certifying any of the following:\n(a) that a stated person was or was not, on a stated day or during a\nstated period, the holder of a licence;\n(b) that a licence was or was not, on a stated day or during a stated\nperiod, subject to stated conditions.\n(2) The certificate is admissible in any proceeding under this Act and is\nevidence of the matters stated in it.\n49A Destruction of fingerprints\n(1) If an image of a person’s fingerprints is taken by a public servant for\nsection 17 (3) (a), the commissioner for fair trading must—\n(a) ensure that a copy of the image is given to the person; and\n(b) ensure that the image, and any copy not given to the person, is\ndestroyed; and\n(c) tell the person in writing about the destruction.\n(2) If an image of a person’s fingerprints is taken by a police officer for\nsection 17 (3) (a), the chief police officer must—\n(a) ensure that a copy of the image is given to the person; and\n(b) ensure that the image, and any copy not given to the person, is\ndestroyed; and\n(c) tell the person in writing about the destruction.\n50 Determination of fees\n(1) The Minister may determine fees for this Act.\n(2) A determination is a disallowable instrument.\n\nMiscellaneous provisions Part 5\nSection 51\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 41\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n51 Approved forms\n(1) The commissioner for fair trading may approve forms for this Act.\n(2) If the commissioner for fair trading approves a form for a particular\npurpose, the approved form must be used for that purpose.\n(3) An approved form is a notifiable instrument.\n52 Regulation-making power\n(1) The Executive may make regulations for this Act.\n(2) The regulations may make provision in relation to the following:\n(a) the keeping by the commissioner for fair trading of a register of\nlicences and the particulars to be included in the register;\n(b) the accreditation of trainers and instructors to conduct training\ncourses prescribed under the regulations;\n(c) security equipment;\n(d) methods and practices in relation to the security industry,\nincluding, for example, the following:\n(i) the carrying or display, by licensees, of means of\nidentification and the production or surrender of that\nidentification; and\n(ii) the wearing by licensees of uniforms, and the kinds of\nuniforms; and\n(iii) the markings that may be made on, and the design of any\nfeatures of, a vehicle used by any person in or in relation\nto the carrying on of a security activity; and\n(iv) the preparation, keeping and maintenance, by licensees, of\nrecords and accounts, and the audit of accounts, in relation\nto the carrying on by the licensee of any business requiring\na licence and the production and inspection of the records\nand accounts;\n\nPart 5 Miscellaneous provisions\nSection 52\npage 42 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(e) the procedure relating to applications for licences;\n(f) anything relating to licences, including—\n(i) qualifications and conditions for licences; and\nExample\nmembership of a trade or industry association\n(ii) the giving of workplace information;\n(iii) details to be included on licences; and\n(iv) notification by licensees of any change in the details;\n(g) requiring holders of master licences or master temporary visitor\nlicences to obtain stated insurance in relation to their security\nbusiness.\n(3) The regulations may prescribe standards, or adopt or incorporate\nstandards as in force from time to time, in relation to the security\nindustry, including in relation to the following:\n(a) agreements for service in the security industry;\n(b) service quality;\n(c) confidentiality of personal information;\n(d) equipment standards;\n(e) advertising;\n(f) marketing practices;\n(g) reports about security incidents in relation to licensees.\n(4) The regulations may prescribe offences for contraventions of the\nregulations and prescribe maximum penalties of not more than\n20 penalty units for offences against the regulations.\n\nReviewable decisions Schedule 1\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 43\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Reviewable decisions\n(see div 3.10)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nsection\ncolumn 3\ndecision\ncolumn 4\nentity\n1 25 issue licence other than\ntemporary licence\nsubject to condition\napplicant for licence\n2 25 refuse to issue licence\nother than temporary\nlicence\napplicant for licence\n3 26 issue temporary licence\nsubject to condition\napplicant for licence\n4 26 refuse to issue\ntemporary licence\napplicant for licence\n5 27 refuse to vary licence licensee\n6 29A cancel licence licensee\n7 29B suspend licence\nimmediately\nlicensee\n8 42A refuse to exempt\nlicensee from a\nprovision of s 42\nlicensee\n9 42A exempt licensee from a\nprovision of s 42\nsubject to condition\nlicensee\n\nDictionary\npage 44 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis Act.\nNote 2 In particular, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n• ACAT\n• ACT\n• Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission\n• commissioner for fair trading\n• Commonwealth Criminal Code\n• contravene\n• Criminal Code\n• exercise\n• foreign country\n• found guilty\n• function\n• occupational discipline order\n• police officer\n• public servant\n• reviewable decision notice\n• working day.\nclose associate—see section 22.\ncriminal intelligence, for part 2A (Criminal intelligence)—see\nsection 9A.\nemployee licence—see section 13.\nemployee organisation means an organisation of employees\nregistered under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009\n(Cwlth).\nNote A reference to a law (including a Cwlth Act) includes a reference to the\nAct as originally made and as amended (see Legislation Act, s 102).\nemployee temporary visitor licence—see section 15A.\n\nDictionary\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 45\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nground for occupational discipline—see section 30.\nlicence means a licence under this Act.\nlicence number—see section 28 (c).\nlicensee means the holder of a licence.\nmaintain, confidentiality of information, for part 2A (Criminal\nintelligence)—see section 9A.\nmaster licence—see section 12.\nmaster temporary visitor licence—see section 15A.\npolice certificate, for a person, means a written statement by the\nAustralian Federal Police or a police force of a State or Territory\nindicating—\n(a) whether, according to the records held by that entity or another\nentity (for example, the Australian Criminal Intelligence\nCommission), the person has been charged with, or convicted\nof, an offence against a law of—\n(i) the Territory; or\n(ii) the Commonwealth; or\n(iii) a State; or\n(iv) another country; and\n(b) if so—particulars of each offence.\nproperty includes money and other valuables.\nrelevant offence means an offence (other than an offence mentioned\nin section 21 (3)) against—\n(a) this Act; or\n(b) any of the following Acts:\n(i) the Criminal Code;\n(ii) the Crimes Act 1900;\n\nDictionary\npage 46 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(iii) the Firearms Act 1996;\n(iv) the Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth); or\n(c) a law of the Commonwealth or a State corresponding, or\nsubstantially corresponding, to this Act or an Act mentioned in\nparagraph (b).\nreviewable decision, for division 3.10 (Notification and review of\ndecisions)—see section 36.\nsecurity activity—see section 7.\nsecurity business—see section 6.\nsecurity equipment—see section 8.\ntemporary licence—see section 15.\ntemporary visitor licence—see section 15A.\ntrainer licence—see section 14.\nvariation, of a licence, means variation of the kind of security activity\nauthorised by the licence.\nworkplace information—see section 21 (1) (a) (iv).\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 47\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 48 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nSecurity Industry Act 2003 A2003-4\nnotified LR 3 March 2003\ns 1, s 2 commenced 3 March 2003 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 3 September 2003 (s 2 and LA s 79)\nas amended by\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2004\nA2004-18 pt 11\nnotified LR 6 April 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 April 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 11 commenced 20 April 2004 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2004\n(No 2) A2004-32 pt 15\nnotified LR 29 June 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 June 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 15 commenced 13 July 2004 (s 2 (3))\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005\nA2005-5 pt 11\nnotified LR 23 February 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 23 February 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 11 commenced 24 February 2005 (s 2 (2))\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2006\nA2006-40 sch 1 pt 1.14\nnotified LR 28 September 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 28 September 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.14 commenced 19 October 2006 (s 2 (3))\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2007 A2007-3 sch 3 pt 3.94\nnotified LR 22 March 2007\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2006 (LA s 75 (2))\nsch 3 pt 3.94 commenced 12 April 2007 (s 2 (1))\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 49\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nTraining and Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment Act 2007\nA2007-12 sch 1 pt 1.11\nnotified LR 13 June 2007\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 June 2007 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.11 commenced 1 July 2007 (s 2 and CN2007-3)\nRegulatory Services Legislation Amendment Act 2008 A2008-5 pt 8\nnotified LR 15 April 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 15 April 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 8 commenced 1 July 2008 (s 2 and CN2008-7)\nACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment\nAct 2008 A2008-36 sch 1 pt 1.47\nnotified LR 4 September 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 4 September 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.47 commenced 2 February 2009 (s 2 (1) and see ACT Civil\nand Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 A2008-35, s 2 (1) and CN2009-2)\nSecurity Industry Amendment Act 2010 A2010-33 pt 2\nnotified LR 2 September 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 2 commenced 1 January 2011 (s 2 and CN2010-17)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2010\n(No 4) A2010-50 sch 1 pt 1.9\nnotified LR 14 December 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 December 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.9 commenced 14 June 2011 (s 2 (2) and LA s 79)\nFair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Amendment Act 2010\nA2010-54 sch 3 pt 3.24\nnotified LR 16 December 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 December 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.24 commenced 1 January 2011 (s 2 (1))\nSecurity Industry Amendment Act 2011 A2011-37 pt 2\nnotified LR 27 September 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 September 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 2 commenced 27 September 2012 (s 2 (2))\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 50 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2012 A2012-21 sch 3 pt 3.44\nnotified LR 22 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\namdt 3.177, amdt 3.178 commenced 27 September 2012 (s 2 and see\nSecurity Industry Amendment Act 2011 A2011-37 s 2 (2))\nsch 3 pt 3.44 remainder commenced 5 June 2012 (s 2 (1))\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2014 A2014-47 pt 16\nnotified LR 6 November 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 16 commenced 7 November 2014 (s 2)\nTraining and Tertiary Education Amendment Act 2014 A2014-48 sch 1\npt 1.16\nnotified LR 6 November 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.16 commenced 20 November 2014 (s 2)\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2016 A2016-18\nsch 4 pt 4.9\nnotified LR 13 April 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 April 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 4 pt 4.9 commenced 27 April 2016 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2016\nA2016-37 sch 1 pt 1.17\nnotified LR 22 June 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 June 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.17 commenced 29 June 2016 (s 2)\nFamily Violence Act 2016 A2016-42 sch 3 pt 3.20 (as am by A2017-10\ns 7)\nnotified LR 18 August 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 August 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.20 commenced 1 May 2017 (s 2 (2) as am by A2017-10 s 7)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2017 A2017-4 sch 3 pt 3.31\nnotified LR 23 February 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 23 February 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.31 commenced 9 March 2017 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 51\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nFamily and Personal Violence Legislation Amendment Act 2017\nA2017-10 s 7\nnotified LR 6 April 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 April 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 7 commenced 30 April 2017 (s 2 (1))\nNote This Act only amends the Family Violence Act 2016\nA2016-42.\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023\nA2023-13 pt 10\nnotified LR 11 April 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 April 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 10 commenced 12 April 2023 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2024\nA2024-49 pt 11\nnotified LR 17 September 2024\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 11 June 2024 (LA s 75 (2))\npt 11 commenced 18 September 2024 (s 2 (4))\nBetter Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2025 A2025-13 pt 10\nnotified LR 26 May 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 May 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 10 commenced 9 June 2025 (s 2 (1))\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 3 pt 3.84, sch 4\npt 4.163\nnotified LR 6 November 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.84, sch 4 pt 4.163 commenced 26 November 2025 (s 2 (3),\n(9))\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 52 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nInterpretation and application of Act\npt 2 hdg reloc A2017-4 amdt 3.190\nCarrying on security activity\ns 7 am A2010-50 amdt 1.17; pars renum R13 LA\nMeaning of security equipment\ns 8 am A2016-37 amdt 1.35\nCriminal intelligence\npt 2A hdg ins A2011-37 s 4\nDefinitions—pt 2A\ns 9A ins A2011-37 s 4\ndef criminal intelligence ins A2011-37 s 4\ndef maintain ins A2011-37 s 4\nDisclosure of criminal intelligence—chief police officer\ns 9B ins A2011-37 s 4\nDisclosure of criminal intelligence—commissioner for fair trading and ACAT\ns 9C ins A2011-37 s 4\nWhether information is criminal intelligence—application and decision\ns 9D ins A2011-37 s 4\nAppeal—applicant may withdraw information\ns 9E ins A2011-37 s 4\nConfidentiality of criminal intelligence—commissioner for fair trading and\nACAT\ns 9F ins A2011-37 s 4\nConfidentiality of criminal intelligence—courts\ns 9G ins A2011-37 s 4\nDelegation by chief police officer\ns 9H ins A2011-37 s 4\nClasses of licences\ns 11 am A2010-50 amdt 1.18\nMaster licences\ns 12 am A2010-50 amdt 1.19\nEmployee licences\ns 13 am A2010-50 amdt 1.20, amdt 1.21; pars renum R13 LA\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 53\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nTemporary visitor licence\ns 15A ins A2010-50 amdt 1.22\nApplication for licence\ns 17 am A2010-50 amdts 1.23-1.26; A2011-37 s 5; ss renum R15\nLA; A2016-18 amdt 4.13, amdt 4.14; ss renum R22 LA;\nA2025-29 amdt 4.164\nRequest for further information\ns 18 am A2011-37 s 6, s 7; ss renum R15 LA\nRequest for fingerprints\ns 19 om A2011-37 s 8\nGeneral suitability criteria\ns 21 am A2004-32 s 95, s 96; A2010-33 s 4; pars renum R12 LA;\nA2010-50 amdts 1.27-1.31; A2011-37 ss 9-11; ss renum\nR15 LA; A2025-29 amdt 3.309, amdt 3.310\nReview of workplace information criterion\ns 21A ins A2010-33 s 5\nam A2011-37 s 12\nexp 1 January 2013 (s 21A (2))\nPublic interest\ns 23 am A2008-5 s 60\nsub A2011-37 s 13\nam A2016-42 amdt 3.92\nEligibility for employee, trainer and employee temporary visitor licences\ns 24 sub A2010-50 amdt 1.32; A2016-18 amdt 4.15\nDecision on application for licence other than temporary licence\ns 25 am A2008-36 amdt 1.610; A2010-50 amdt 1.33\nTemporary licences\ns 26 am A2007-12 amdt 1.17; A2011-37 s 14; A2014-48 amdt 1.33;\nA2025-29 amdt 4.164\nTerm of licence\ns 29 am A2010-50 amdt 1.34; A2011-37 s 15\nCancellation, suspension and surrender of licence\ndiv 3.7A hdg ins A2011-37 s 16\nsub A2025-13 s 27\nDisclosure of disqualifying offences\ns 29AA ins A2024-49 s 21\nCommissioner must cancel licence\ns 29A ins A2011-37 s 16\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 54 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nImmediate suspension of licence\ns 29B ins A2011-37 s 16\nam A2023-13 s 25, s 26\nSurrender of licence\ns 29C ins A2025-13 s 28\nOccupational discipline—licensees\ndiv 3.8 hdg sub A2008-36 amdt 1.611\nGrounds for occupational discipline\ns 30 sub A2008-36 amdt 1.611\nCommissioner may apply to ACAT for occupational discipline\ns 31 sub A2008-36 amdt 1.611\nAction tribunal may take\ns 32 om A2008-36 amdt 1.611\nEffect of suspension\ns 33 om A2008-36 amdt 1.611\nNotification and review of decisions\ndiv 3.10 hdg sub A2008-36 amdt 1.612\nMeaning of reviewable decision—div 3.10\ns 36 am A2006-40 amdt 1.38\nsub A2008-36 amdt 1.612\nReviewable decision notices\ns 36A ins A2008-36 amdt 1.612\nam A2025-29 amdt 4.164\nApplications for review\ns 37 sub A2004-18 s 33\nam A2006-40 amdt 1.39\nsub A2008-36 amdt 1.612\nam A2025-29 amdt 4.164\nAdvertising\ns 40 am A2014-47 s 30\nLicence to be produced on request\ns 41 sub A2005-5 s 40\nam A2007-3 amdt 3.476; A2010-54 amdt 3.57\nWearing of licences etc\ns 42 sub A2005-5 s 40; A2006-40 amdt 1.40\nam A2010-50 amdts 1.35-1.38; pars renum R13 LA\nExemption for wearing of licences etc\ns 42A ins A2006-40 amdt 1.40\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 55\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nMaster licensee not to employ unlicensed people\ns 45 am A2010-50 amdt 1.39\nDirections to master licensees about insurance etc\ns 46 am A2010-50 amdt 1.40; A2012-21 amdt 3.175; A2025-29\namdt 4.164\nDestruction of fingerprints\ns 49A ins A2011-37 s 17\nDetermination of fees\ns 50 am A2012-21 amdt 3.176; A2025-29 amdt 4.164\nApproved forms\ns 51 am A2012-21 amdt 3.176; A2025-29 amdt 4.164\nRegulation-making power\ns 52 hdg sub A2004-32 s 97\ns 52 am A2004-32 s 98; A2010-33 s 6; pars renum R12 LA;\nA2010-50 amdt 1.41; A2025-29 amdt 4.164\nConsequential amendments—sch 1\ns 53 om LA s 89 (3)\nTransitional provisions\npt 6 hdg exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nDefinitions for pt 6\ns 54 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nAll codes—principal\ns 55 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nACI code—employee\ns 56 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nBI code—employee\ns 57 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nCMI code—employee\ns 58 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nCTI code, GPSI code—employee\ns 59 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nPeople taken to be licensed under pt 6\ns 60 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\nModification of pt 6’s operation\ns 61 exp 3 September 2004 (s 61 (2))\nExpiry of pt 6\ns 62 exp 3 September 2006 (s 62)\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 56 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nTransitional—Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment\nAct 2010 (No 4)\npt 7 hdg ins A2010-50 amdt 1.42\nexp 14 June 2014 (s 71)\nTransitional—training\ns 70 ins A2010-50 amdt 1.42\nexp 14 June 2014 (s 71)\nExpiry—pt 7\ns 71 ins A2010-50 amdt 1.42\nexp 14 June 2014 (s 71)\nTransitional—Security Industry Amendment Act 2011\npt 8 hdg ins A2011-37 s 18\nexp 27 September 2015 (s 82)\nCancellation of licence by commissioner\ns 80 ins A2011-37 s 18\nexp 27 September 2015 (s 82)\nTransitional regulations\ns 81 ins A2011-37 s 18\nexp 27 September 2014 (s 81 (4))\nExpiry—pt 8\ns 82 ins A2011-37 s 18\nexp 27 September 2015 (s 82)\nReviewable decisions\nsch 1 om LA s 89 (3)\nins A2008-36 amdt 1.613\nam A2011-37 s 19; items renum R15 LA\nDictionary\ndict am A2008-36 amdt 1.614; A2010-33 s 7; A2010-50 amdt 1.43;\nA2011-37 s 20; A2012-21 amdt 3.177; A2017-4 amdt 3.191,\namdt 3.192; A2025-29 amdt 3.311\ndef criminal intelligence ins A2011-37 s 21\ndef employee organisation ins A2010-33 s 8\ndef employee temporary visitor licence ins A2010-50\namdt 1.44\ndef ground for occupational discipline ins A2008-36\namdt 1.615\ndef grounds for disciplinary action om A2008-36\namdt 1.615\ndef maintain ins A2011-37 s 21\ndef master temporary visitor licence ins A2010-50\namdt 1.44\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 57\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ndef police certificate ins A2008-5 s 61\nsub A2011-37 s 22\nam A2012-21 amdt 3.178; A2017-4 amdt 3.193\ndef relevant offence am A2011-37 s 23\ndef reviewable decision ins A2008-36 amdt 1.615\ndef temporary visitor licence ins A2010-50 amdt 1.44\ndef workplace information ins A2010-33 s 9\nam A2011-37 s 24\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 58 Security Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\nR29\n26/11/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication No Amendments to Republication date\n1 not amended 3 September 2003\n2 A2004-18 20 April 2004\n3 A2004-32 13 July 2004\n4 A2004-32 4 September 2004\n5 A2005-5 24 February 2005\n6 A2005-5 4 September 2006\n7 A2006-40 19 October 2006\n8 A2007-3 12 April 2007\n9 A2007-12 1 July 2007\n10 A2008-5 1 July 2008\n11* A2008-36 2 February 2009\n12 A2010-54 1 January 2011\n13 A2010-54 14 June 2011\n14 A2012-21 5 June 2012\n15 A2012-21 27 September 2012\n16 A2012-21 2 January 2013\n17 A2012-21 15 June 2014\n18 A2012-21 28 September 2014\n19 A2014-47 7 November 2014\n20 A2014-48 20 November 2014\n\nEndnotes\nExpired transitional or validating provisions 6\nR29\n26/11/25\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nEffective: 26/11/25\npage 59\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nRepublication No Amendments to Republication date\n21 A2014-48 28 September 2015\n22 A2016-18 27 April 2016\n23 A2016-37 29 June 2016\n24 A2017-4 9 March 2017\n25 A2017-10 1 May 2017\n26 A2023-13 12 April 2023\n27 A2024-49 18 September 2024\n28 A2025-13 9 June 2025\n6 Expired transitional or validating provisions\nThis Act may be affected by transitional or validating provisions that have expired.\nThe expiry does not affect any continuing operation of the provisions (see\nLegislation Act 2001, s 88 (1)).\nExpired provisions are removed from the republished law when the expiry takes\neffect and are listed in the amendment history using the abbreviation ‘exp’ followed\nby the date of the expiry.\nTo find the expired provisions see the version of this Act before the expiry took\neffect. The ACT legislation register has point-in-time versions of this Act.\n© Australian Capital Territory 2025","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has expanded significantly beyond its original 2003 scope. Major additions include: Part 2A (Criminal intelligence) introduced in 2011 to handle confidential police information; temporary visitor licences (2010) for interstate security personnel at special events; enhanced occupational discipline and immediate suspension powers (2011); fingerprint verification and destruction requirements (2011); and ongoing amendments to incorporate family violence considerations (2016-2017) and streamline regulatory processes (2024-2025). The Act has evolved from a straightforward licensing scheme into a comprehensive regulatory framework with national security dimensions."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple licence classes with overlapping but distinct eligibility criteria (master, employee, trainer, temporary, temporary visitor)","Extensive cross-referencing between sections (e.g., definitions in dictionary, references to Criminal Code, Firearms Act, and other legislation)","Nested conditional logic in suitability criteria (section 21) with time-bound disqualifications (5-year vs 10-year lookback periods) and 'stated circumstances' thresholds","Complex criminal intelligence framework (Part 2A) involving multi-stage confidentiality protocols, ACAT proceedings, and Supreme Court appeals with withdrawal mechanisms","27 defined terms in the dictionary plus signpost definitions scattered throughout the Act","Multiple exceptions and exemptions (e.g., section 7 exclusions for builders installing locks, section 42 exemptions for wearing licences)","Interaction with external regulatory schemes (Fair Work Act, Firearms Act, Training and Tertiary Education Act, Family Violence Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act requires people and businesses carrying out security activities in the ACT to hold licences from the Commissioner for Fair Trading, backed by police checks, training and character vetting and powers to share criminal intelligence. Licence conditions, ongoing obligations and penalties for unlicensed or non‑compliant operations let the Commissioner suspend or cancel licences. It affects security workers, employers, trainers and event staff—ensuring vetted, trained personnel to protect public safety and industry standards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act's operational scope has expanded since enactment. Notable additions include a criminal‑intelligence confidentiality regime (inserted A2011‑37; pt 2A, ss 9A–9H), temporary visitor licences (inserted A2010‑50; s 15A), immediate suspension/cancellation and disclosure obligations (ins A2011‑37; ss 29A, 29B; disclosure of disqualifying offences ins A2024‑49 s 21), and further ministerial/regulatory powers and administrative provisions (eg s 46, s 52 as amended). These amendments broaden enforcement, information‑sharing and regulatory reach compared with the original Act."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple licence classes and subclasses with different eligibility and term rules (ss 11–15A)","Detailed suitability and disqualification criteria, including foreign criminal history and close‑associate checks (ss 18, 20, 21, 22)","Criminal‑intelligence confidentiality and interagency process requiring police classification, limited disclosure to the commissioner and ACAT procedures to test whether information is 'criminal intelligence' (pt 2A, ss 9A–9H)","Numerous strict liability offences and a range of penalties (eg ss 10, 38, 43, 44, 45)","Wide administrative discretion for the commissioner to require information, impose conditions, suspend immediately and apply to ACAT for occupational discipline (ss 18, 21, 25, 29B, 31)","Statutory review and notice framework linking decisions to ACAT and the courts (div 3.10, sch 1; ss 36–37)","Broad regulation‑making power to set standards, prescribe offences and exemptions, and require insurance or training (s 52; s 46)","Operational compliance burdens: fingerprinting, police certificates, register maintenance, notification duties and record‑keeping (ss 17, 49A, 34–35, 47)","Interplay with other laws and bodies (Firearms Act, Criminal Code, ACAT, AFP) increasing cross‑instrument complexity (eg ss 16, 5, pt 2A)"],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this Act creates and enforces a licensing system for people and businesses that provide security services in the ACT — defining licence classes, application requirements, offences, penalties and a public register, and adding a police–commissioner confidentiality process for criminal‑intelligence used in licensing and discipline (pt 2A).\n\nIt affects security workers, employers (master licensees), licence applicants and event organisers. Applicants and licensees pay fees, meet identity, training and suitability checks, and must comply with reporting, record and notification obligations; the commissioner for fair trading makes licensing decisions and may refer discipline matters to ACAT (ss 17, 21, 25, 31)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/security-industry-act-2003","history":"/api/acts/security-industry-act-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/security-industry-act-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/security-industry-act-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/security-industry-act-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/security-industry-act-2003/documents"}}