{"id":"sl-2003-30","name":"Security Industry Regulation 2003","slug":"security-industry-regulation-2003","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"30 of 2003","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173814,"registerId":"act-sl-2003-30-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Security Industry Regulation 2003","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nSL2003-30\nmade under the\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nRepublication No 27\nEffective: 19 March 2021\nRepublication date: 19 March 2021\nLast amendment made by SL2021-2\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 Regulation 2003, made under the Security Industry\nAct 2003 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial\nchanges)) as in force on 19 March 2021. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal\nor expiry affecting this republished law to 19 March 2021.\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 does not include 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\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 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\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nmade under the\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\nContents\nPage\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Name of regulation 2\n2 Dictionary 2\n3 Notes 2\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of Act\n4 Prescribed security activity—Act, s 7 (1) (m) 3\n6 Exempt people—Act, s 9 3\nPart 3 Licences\n7 Prescribed information to accompany licence application—Act,\ns 17 (3) 7\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n7A Information to accompany certain employee licence applications—Act,\ns 17 (3) (c) 7\n7B Certificate from employee organisation 7\n8 Prescribed training courses for employee licences—Act,\ns 21 (1) (a) (iii) 7\n9 Prescribed training courses for trainer licences—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (iii) 13\n9A Conditions for certain master licences—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (v) 13\n9B Workplace information—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (iv) 14\n9C Conditions on employee licences—Act, s 52 (2) (f) (i) 14\nPart 4 Crowd control\n10 Definitions for pt 4 15\n11 Application of pt 4 15\n12 Identification number—Act, s 41 and s 42 15\n13 General records 15\n14 Records of incidents 16\nPart 5 Miscellaneous\n15 Accreditation of trainers 18\n16 Confidentiality of personal information 18\n17 Equipment standards 19\n18 Allocation of identification numbers to crowd controllers 19\nDictionary 20\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 21\n2 Abbreviation key 21\n3 Legislation history 22\n4 Amendment history 27\n5 Earlier republications 29\n\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nmade under the\nSecurity Industry Act 2003\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\nSection 1\npage 2 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Security Industry Regulation 2003.\n2 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the\ndefinition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or\nthe contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and\ns 156 (1)).\n3 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n\nInterpretation and application of Act Part 2\nSection 4\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of\nAct\n4 Prescribed security activity—Act, s 7 (1) (m)\nThe following activities are prescribed:\n(a) acting as a security consultant;\n(b) selling security equipment;\n(c) carrying out surveys and inspections of security equipment.\n6 Exempt people—Act, s 9\n(1) The following people are exempt from the application of the Act:\n(a) a custodial officer;\n(b) a police officer;\n(c) the sheriff, a deputy sheriff and sheriff’s assistant under the\nSupreme Court Act 1933;\n(d) the chief officer (fire and rescue service) and any other member\nof the fire and rescue service;\n(e) the chief officer (rural fire service) and any other member of the\nrural fire service;\n(f) a public servant who carries on a security activity in the\nAssembly precincts;\n(g) an investigator under the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer\nLaw) Act 1992;\n\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of Act\nSection 6\npage 4 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(h) a person who, in the course of the person’s employment with an\nemployer, gives advice in relation to security affecting the\nemployer’s business if—\n(i) the person does not carry on any other security activity for\nthe employer; and\n(ii) the employer does not carry on a security business;\n(i) a person who, in the course of the person’s employment with an\nemployer, installs, maintains, monitors, repairs or services\nsecurity equipment in relation to the employer’s business if—\n(i) the person does not carry on any other security activity for\nthe employer; and\n(ii) the employer does not carry on a security business;\n(j) a person who is carrying on a security activity in relation to an\ninformation system (including the computer hardware for the\nsystem);\n(k) a person who is a casino employee under the Casino Control\nAct 2006;\n(l) a person who sells security equipment by wholesale only (other\nthan directly to the public).\nNote Commonwealth officers, such as members of the Defence Force and\nprotective service officers, are not bound by the Security Industry\nAct 2003. The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988\n(Cwlth), s 27 states that, except as provided by regulations under that Act,\nan ACT enactment does not bind the Crown in right of the\nCommonwealth. The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government)\nRegulations 1989 (Cwlth), reg 3B states that if an enactment mentioned\nin the schedule to the regulations is expressed to bind the Crown or to\napply to any act, matter or thing affecting the Crown or the\nCommonwealth, or provides that any act, matter or thing done under the\nenactment binds the Crown, then the Crown in right of the\nCommonwealth is bound. The Security Industry Act 2003 is not listed in\nthe schedule.\n\nInterpretation and application of Act Part 2\nSection 6\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) The following people are exempt from the requirement to hold a\ntrainer licence:\n(a) a person who provides training in relation to security activities\nin a training course other than a training course prescribed under\nsection 8 (Prescribed training courses for employee licences—\nAct, s 21 (1) (a) (iii));\n(b) a person who provides a first-aid training course as part of a\ntraining course prescribed under section 8 who—\n(i) holds the qualification for satisfactory completion of the\nfirst-aid training course or a first-aid training course that\nthe commissioner for fair trading is satisfied leads to a\nhigher qualification; and\n(ii) holds a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace\nTraining.\n(3) A person is exempt from the requirement to hold a licence authorising\nthe person to act as a monitoring service operator if—\n(a) the monitoring service is provided—\n(i) to a property in the ACT; and\n(ii) from a place outside the ACT; and\n(b) the person holds an authority (however described) issued under\nthe law of another State authorising the person to act as a\nmonitoring service operator in the other State.\n(4) In this section:\nAssembly precincts—see the Legislative Assembly Precincts\nAct 2001, dictionary.\n\nPart 2 Interpretation and application of Act\nSection 6\npage 6 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncustodial officer means—\n(a) a corrections officer; or\n(b) a youth detention officer under the Children and Young People\nAct 2008, section 96; or\n(c) a transfer escort (other than a police officer) under the Children\nand Young People Act 2008, division 5.2.1; or\n(d) a prison officer under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act\n2005, section 217 (Definitions—pt 11.1) or a person appointed\nas an escort under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act\n2005, section 240 (3) (Interstate transfer—transfer in custody of\nescort), definition of escort, paragraph (c); or\n(e) a prison officer or another officer (other than a police officer)\nmentioned in the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005,\nsection 257 (International transfer—functions of prison officers,\npolice officers etc).\ninformation system—see the Electronic Transactions Act 2001,\ndictionary.\n\nLicences Part 3\nSection 7\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 3 Licences\n7 Prescribed information to accompany licence\napplication—Act, s 17 (3)\nFor an application for a master licence by a person who is not a\nlocksmith, the prescribed information is evidence of membership of\nan industry association approved by the commissioner for fair trading\nunder section 9A.\n7A Information to accompany certain employee licence\napplications—Act, s 17 (3) (c)\nAn application for an employee licence to do 1 or more of the things\nmentioned in the Act, section 13 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (h)\nmust be accompanied by a certificate from an employee organisation\nstating that the applicant has been given workplace information at an\ninformation session provided by the organisation.\n7B Certificate from employee organisation\nIf a person has been given workplace information at an information\nsession provided by an employee organisation, the organisation must\ngive the person a certificate to that effect.\n8 Prescribed training courses for employee licences—Act,\ns 21 (1) (a) (iii)\n(1) A training course mentioned in table 8, column 4 provided by a\nlicensed trainer is the prescribed training course for the subclass of\nemployee licence mentioned in column 2 of the same item.\n(2) However, a training course mentioned in table 8, column 3 provided\nby a licensed trainer is also the prescribed training course for the\nsubclass of employee licence mentioned in column 2 of the same\nitem, but only if the applicant—\n(a) completed the course before 1 July 2020; and\n\nPart 3 Licences\nSection 8\npage 8 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) either—\n(i) on 1 July 2020, holds a current subclass of employee\nlicence to which the course relates and does not at any time\ncease to hold the licence for a continuous period of more\nthan 12 months; or\n(ii) before 1 July 2021, applies to the commissioner for fair\ntrading for the issue of the subclass of employee licence to\nwhich the course relates.\nTable 8\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nemployee licence\nsubclass\ncolumn 3\ntraining course—\ns 8 (2)\ncolumn 4\ntraining course—\ns 8 (1)\n1 patrol, guard, watch or\nprotect property\n(including cash in\ntransit) (the Act,\ns 13 (1) (a))\nCertificate II in\nSecurity Operations\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\neither—\n• Certificate II in\nSecurity\nOperations; or\n• Certificate III in\nSecurity\nOperations\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\n\nLicences Part 3\nSection 8\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nemployee licence\nsubclass\ncolumn 3\ntraining course—\ns 8 (2)\ncolumn 4\ntraining course—\ns 8 (1)\n2 guard with a firearm\nfor cash in transit (the\nAct, s 13 (1) (b))\nCertificate III in\nSecurity Operations\nwith electives about—\n• controlling\nsecurity risk\nsituations using\nfirearms; and\n• controlling people\nusing empty hand\ntechniques; and\n• implementing cash\nin transit security\nprocedures; and\n• undertaking cash\nin transit loading\nand unloading in\nan unsecured\nenvironment; and\n• testing and\ninspecting cash in\ntransit security\nequipment\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\nCertificate III in\nSecurity Operations\nwith electives about—\n• controlling\nsecurity risk\nsituations using\nfirearms; and\n• implementing cash\nin transit security\nprocedures; and\n• undertaking cash\nin transit loading\nand unloading in\nsecured and\nunsecured\nenvironments; and\n• testing and\ninspecting cash in\ntransit security\nequipment\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\n\nPart 3 Licences\nSection 8\npage 10 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nemployee licence\nsubclass\ncolumn 3\ntraining course—\ns 8 (2)\ncolumn 4\ntraining course—\ns 8 (1)\n3 guard with a firearm\nfor protecting property\n(the Act, s 13 (1) (c))\nCertificate III in\nSecurity Operations\nwith electives about—\n• security risk\nsituations using\nfirearms; and\n• preparing and\npresenting\nevidence in court;\nand\n• controlling people\nusing empty hand\ntechniques; and\n• planning and\nconducting\nevacuations from\npremises\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\nCertificate III in\nSecurity Operations\nwith an elective\nabout—\n• controlling\nsecurity risk\nsituations using\nfirearms\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\n\nLicences Part 3\nSection 8\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 11\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nemployee licence\nsubclass\ncolumn 3\ntraining course—\ns 8 (2)\ncolumn 4\ntraining course—\ns 8 (1)\n4 guard with a dog (the\nAct, s 13 (1) (e))\nCertificate II in\nSecurity Operations\nwith electives about—\n• controlling access\nto and from\npremises; and\n• operating basic\nsecurity\nequipment; and\n• patrolling\npremises; and\n• managing dogs for\nsecurity functions;\nand\n• handling dogs for\nsecurity patrol\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\nCertificate II in\nSecurity Operations\nwith electives about—\n• managing training\nand wellbeing of\ndogs for security\nfunctions; and\n• handling dogs for\nsecurity patrols\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\n5 act as bodyguard (the\nAct, s 13 (1) (f))\nCertificate II in\nSecurity Operations\nwith electives about—\n• protecting people;\nand\n• protecting self and\nothers using basic\ndefensive tactics\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\nCertificate III in Close\nProtection Operations\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\n\nPart 3 Licences\nSection 8\npage 12 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nemployee licence\nsubclass\ncolumn 3\ntraining course—\ns 8 (2)\ncolumn 4\ntraining course—\ns 8 (1)\n6 act as security\nconsultant (the Act,\ns 13 (1) (g))\nCertificate IV in\nSecurity and Risk\nManagement\neither—\n• Certificate IV in\nSecurity Risk\nAnalysis; or\n• Diploma of\nSecurity Risk\nManagement\n7 act as crowd controller\n(the Act, s 13 (1) (h))\nCertificate II in\nSecurity Operations\nwith electives about—\n• controlling access\nto and from\npremises; and\n• monitoring and\ncontrolling\nindividual and\ncrowd behaviour;\nand\n• protecting self and\nothers using basic\ndefensive tactics\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\neither—\n• Certificate II in\nSecurity\nOperations; or\n• Certificate III in\nSecurity\nOperations\nCertificate in first aid\n(current)\n\nLicences Part 3\nSection 9\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 13\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n9 Prescribed training courses for trainer licences—Act,\ns 21 (1) (a) (iii)\nThe training courses that are the prescribed training courses for\ntrainer licences are—\n(a) if the applicant for the licence proposes to provide a training\ncourse mentioned in table 8, column 3 the satisfactory\ncompletion of which leads to a particular qualification—the\ntraining course provided by a licensed trainer or a training\ncourse that the commissioner for fair trading is satisfied leads to\na higher qualification; and\n(b) Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training.\nExample for par (a)\nAlly is an applicant for a trainer licence. She proposes to teach Certificate II in\nSecurity Operations. To teach the course, Ally must have satisfactorily completed\nCertificate II in Security Operations taught by a licensed trainer or a training course\nthat the commissioner for fair trading is satisfied leads to a higher qualification, eg\nCertificate III in Security Operations.\n9A Conditions for certain master licences—Act,\ns 21 (1) (a) (v)\n(1) An applicant for a master licence who is not a locksmith must be a\nmember of an approved industry association.\n(2) However, if the commissioner for fair trading believes on reasonable\ngrounds that a person has a conscientious or religious objection to\nmembership of an industry association, the commissioner may, in\nwriting, exempt the person from subsection (1).\n(3) For this section, the commissioner for fair trading may approve an\nentity as an industry association.\n(4) An approval is a notifiable instrument.\nNote A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.\n\nPart 3 Licences\nSection 9B\npage 14 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(5) In this section, an approved industry association means an entity\napproved as an industry association under subsection (3).\n9B Workplace information—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (iv)\nInformation in relation to workplace rights and responsibilities under\nlaws in force in the territory that is relevant to people working in the\nsecurity industry is prescribed.\nExamples\n• minimum wages and employment conditions\n• employment agreements\n• termination of employment agreements\n• workplace safety\n9C Conditions on employee licences—Act, s 52 (2) (f) (i)\nIt is a condition of an employee licence that the licensee carry out a\nsecurity activity authorised under the licence only while the licensee\nis employed by someone who holds a master licence or a master\ntemporary visitor licence.\nNote Contravention of a licence condition is a ground for occupational\ndiscipline and an offence (see Act, s 30 (1) (d) and s 38).\n\nCrowd control Part 4\nSection 10\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 4 Crowd control\n10 Definitions for pt 4\nIn this part:\ncrowd controller—see section 11 (1).\nidentification number, for the crowd controller, means the number\nallocated to the crowd controller under section 18.\nprovide a person includes employ a person.\n11 Application of pt 4\n(1) This part applies if a master licensee provides a person to act as a\ncrowd controller (the crowd controller) for a place.\n(2) To remove any doubt, this part applies to the master licensee and the\ncrowd controller in relation to each occasion for which the master\nlicensee provides the crowd controller for the place.\n12 Identification number—Act, s 41 and s 42\n(1) The master licensee must ensure that the crowd controller wears the\ncrowd controller’s identification number so that it is clearly visible\nwhile the crowd controller is at the place.\n(2) The crowd controller must wear the crowd controller’s identification\nnumber so that it is clearly visible while the crowd controller is at the\nplace.\n13 General records\n(1) The master licensee must—\n(a) keep a written record of—\n(i) the name and address of the entity for whom the crowd\ncontroller is provided; and\n\nPart 4 Crowd control\nSection 14\npage 16 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(ii) the address of the place; and\n(iii) the date the crowd controller is provided; and\n(iv) the name, address, licence number and identification\nnumber of the crowd controller; and\n(v) the name of the person (if any) supervising the crowd\ncontroller at the place; and\n(vi) the time that the crowd controller starts and finishes at the\nplace; and\n(b) ensure that the crowd controller—\n(i) records his or her starting time when the crowd controller\nstarts at the place; and\n(ii) records his or her finishing time when the crowd controller\nfinishes at the place.\n(2) Each record must be kept for 3 years after the day it is made.\n(3) The crowd controller must—\n(a) record his or her starting time when the crowd controller starts\nat the place; and\n(b) record his or her finishing time when the crowd controller\nfinishes at the place.\n14 Records of incidents\n(1) This section applies if a crowd controller does 1 or more of the\nfollowing (the incident):\n(a) makes forceable physical contact with, or physically restrains,\nsomeone at the place;\n(b) ejects someone from the place;\n(c) witnesses a physical assault.\n\nCrowd control Part 4\nSection 14\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) The master licensee must keep a written record of—\n(a) the date and time the incident happened; and\n(b) the place where the incident happened; and\n(c) the names and addresses of each person involved in the incident\nand, for a crowd controller involved, the controller’s licence\nnumber and identification number; and\n(d) if—\n(i) there is 1 witness to the incident—the name and address of\nthe witness; or\n(ii) there are 2 or more witnesses to the incident—the names\nand addresses of at least 2 witnesses; and\n(e) details of the incident; and\n(f) whether the police were contacted about the incident and, if they\nwere, whether they attended; and\n(g) details of injuries caused by the incident (if any).\nNote If a form is approved under the Act, s 51 for the record, the form must be\nused.\n(3) Each record must be kept for 3 years after the day it is made.\n(4) The master licensee must nominate a crowd controller who was\ninvolved in the incident to make the record.\n(5) The nominated crowd controller must make the record.\n\nPart 5 Miscellaneous\nSection 15\npage 18 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 5 Miscellaneous\n15 Accreditation of trainers\nA licensed trainer may provide a training course mentioned in table 8,\ncolumn 3 only if the trainer is employed or engaged by a registered\ntraining organisation under the National Vocational Education and\nTraining Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth), section 3.\n16 Confidentiality of personal information\n(1) This section applies to a master licensee if neither of the following\napplies to the licensee:\n(a) the Information Privacy Act 2014, schedule 1 (Territory privacy\nprinciples) (the TPPs), TPP 6 (use or disclosure of personal\ninformation);\n(b) the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth), schedule 1, Australian Privacy\nPrinciple 6 (use or disclosure of personal information).\n(2) The Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth), schedule 1, Australian Privacy\nPrinciple 6, as in force from time to time, applies to the master\nlicensee by force of this section as if—\n(a) the licensee were an organisation; and\n(b) any other necessary changes were made to apply the national\nprivacy principle to the licensee.\n(3) The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply in relation to\nAustralian Privacy Principle 6.\nNote The text of applied, adopted or incorporated legislation, if applied as in\nforce from time to time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the\noperation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).\n\nMiscellaneous Part 5\nSection 17\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 19\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n17 Equipment standards\n(1) If a licensee installs security equipment, the equipment must comply\nwith any safety standards for the equipment as in force from time to\ntime—\n(a) published by Standards Australia; or\n(b) published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New\nZealand.\n(2) The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to a standard\nmentioned in subsection (1).\nNote The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated instrument, if applied as\nin force from time to time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the\noperation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).\n18 Allocation of identification numbers to crowd controllers\n(1) This section applies if the commissioner for fair trading issues a\nlicence to a person that authorises the person to act as a crowd\ncontroller.\n(2) The commissioner for fair trading must allocate a unique number to\nthe person.\n\nDictionary\npage 20 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 2)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n• chief officer (fire and rescue service)\n• chief officer (rural fire service)\n• commissioner for fair trading\n• corrections officer\n• person (see s 160)\n• police officer\n• public servant.\nNote 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Security Industry Act 2003 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example,\nthe following terms are defined in the Security Industry Act 2003, dict:\n• employee licence (see s 13)\n• employee organisation\n• licence\n• licensee\n• master licence (see s 12)\n• master temporary visitor licence (see s 15A)\n• security equipment (see s 8)\n• trainer licence (see s 14)\n• workplace information.\nsecurity consultant—see the Act, section 13 (2).\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 21\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 22 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was originally the Security Industry Regulations 2003. It was\nrenamed under the Legislation Act 2001.\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003 SL2003-30\nnotified LR 2 September 2003\ns 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2003 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 3 September 2003 (s 2)\nas amended by\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2003 (No 2) A2003-56 sch 3 pt 3.23\nnotified LR 5 December 2003\ns 1, s 2 commenced 5 December 2003 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.23 commenced 19 December 2003 (s 2)\nEmergencies Act 2004 A2004-28 pt 3.22\nnotified LR 29 June 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 June 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3.22 commenced 1 July 2004 (s 2 (1) and CN2004-11)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2004\n(No 2) A2004-32 pt 16\nnotified LR 29 June 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 June 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 16 commenced 13 July 2004 (s 2 (3))\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005\nA2005-5 pt 12\nnotified LR 23 February 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 23 February 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 12 commenced 24 February 2005 (s 2 (2))\nSecurity Industry Amendment Regulation 2005 (No 1) SL2005-35\nnotified LR 14 November 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 November 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 15 November 2005 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSentencing Legislation Amendment Act 2006 A2006-23 sch 1 pt 1.32\nnotified LR 18 May 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 May 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.32 commenced 2 June 2006 (s 2 (1) and see Crimes\n(Sentence Administration) Act 2005 A2005-59 s 2, Crimes\n(Sentencing) Act 2005 A2005-58, s 2 and LA s 79)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2006\nA2006-40 sch 1 pt 1.15\nnotified LR 28 September 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 28 September 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.15 commenced 19 October 2006 (s 2 (3))\nTraining and Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment Act 2007\nA2007-12 sch 1 pt 1.12\nnotified LR 13 June 2007\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 June 2007 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.12 commenced 1 July 2007 (s 2 and CN2007-3)\nCorrections Management Act 2007 A2007-15 sch 1 pt 1.7\nnotified LR 18 June 2007\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 June 2007 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 18 December 2007 (s 2 and LA s 79)\nChildren and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008\nA2008-20 sch 2 pt 2.14\nnotified LR 17 July 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 July 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 3, s 4 commenced 18 July 2008 (s 2 (1))\nsch 2 pt 2.14 commenced 9 September 2008 (s 2 (3) and see Children\nand Young People Act 2008 A2008-19, s 2 and CN2008-13)\nSecurity Industry Amendment Act 2010 A2010-33 pt 3\nnotified LR 2 September 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 1 January 2011 (s 2 and CN2010-17)\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 24 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nLiquor (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 A2010-43 sch 1 pt 1.21\nnotified LR 8 November 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 8 November 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.21 commenced 1 December 2010 (s 2 (4) and see Liquor\nAct 2010 A2010-35, s 2 (3) (as am by A2010-43 amdt 1.19) and\nCN2010-14)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2010\n(No 4) A2010-50 sch 1 pt 1.10\nnotified LR 14 December 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 December 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.10 commenced 14 June 2011 (s 2 (2) and LA s 79)\nFair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Amendment Act 2010\nA2010-54 sch 3 pt 3.25\nnotified LR 16 December 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 December 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.25 commenced 1 January 2011 (s 2 (1))\nSecurity Industry Amendment Act 2011 A2011-37 pt 3\nnotified LR 27 September 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 September 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 27 September 2012 (s 2 (2))\nSecurity Industry Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1) SL2012-20\nnotified LR 17 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 3, s 4 commenced 18 May 2012 (s 2 (1))\nremainder commenced 27 September 2012 (s 2 and see Security\nIndustry Amendment Act 2011 A2011-37 s 2 (2))\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2012 A2012-21 sch 3 pt 3.45\nnotified LR 22 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.45 commenced 5 June 2012 (s 2 (2))\nTraining and Tertiary Education Amendment Act 2014 A2014-48 sch 1\npt 1.17\nnotified LR 6 November 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.17 commenced 20 November 2014 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2014\n(No 2) A2014-49 sch 1 pt 1.22\nnotified LR 10 November 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 November 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.22 commenced 17 November 2014 (s 2)\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2016 A2016-18\nsch 4 pt 4.10\nnotified LR 13 April 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 April 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 4 pt 4.10 commenced 27 April 2016 (s 2)\nEmergencies Amendment Act 2016 A2016-33 sch 1 pt 1.19\nnotified LR 20 June 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 20 June 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.19 commenced 21 June 2016 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2016\nA2016-37 sch 1 pt 1.18\nnotified LR 22 June 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 June 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.18 commenced 29 June 2016 (s 2)\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-17 pt 9\nnotified LR 14 June 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 June 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 9 commenced 31 August 2017 (s 2 (2))\nSecurity Industry Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 1) SL2020-25\nnotified LR 30 June 2020\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 July 2020 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2021\nA2021-3 pt 19\nnotified LR 19 February 2021\ns 1, s 2 commenced 19 February 2021 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 19 commenced 26 February 2021 (s 2 (1))\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 26 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSecurity Industry Amendment Regulation 2021 (No 1) SL2021-2\nnotified LR 18 March 2021\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 March 2021 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 19 March 2021 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 27\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nName of regulation\ns 1 am R5 LA\nDictionary\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nins A2010-33 s 11\nPrescribed security activity—Act, s 7 (1) (m)\ns 4 am A2010-33 s 12\nPrescribed security equipment—Act, s 8 (1), def security equipment, par (c)\ns 5 om A2016-37 amdt 1.36\nExempt people—Act, s 9\ns 6 am A2003-56 amdt 3.228; A2004-28 amdt 3.65; SL2005-35\ns 4; A2006-23 amdt 1.281; A2007-15 amdt 1.29; A2008-20\namdt 2.25; A2010-43 amdt 1.68; A2010-33 s 13, s 14;\nA2010-54 amdt 3.58; A2012-21 amdt 3.179; A2011-37 s 25;\nA2016-33 amdt 1.44; A2016-37 amdt 1.37, amdt 1.38;\nss renum R23 LA; A2021-3 s 42\nPrescribed information to accompany licence application—Act, s 17 (3)\ns 7 sub A2004-32 s 100\nam A2010-33 s 15\nInformation to accompany certain employee licence applications—Act,\ns 17 (3) (c)\ns 7A hdg sub A2011-37 s 26\ns 7A orig s 7A\nreloc and renum as s 9A\npres s 7A\nins A2010-33 s 17\nam SL2012-20 s 4\nCertificate from employee organisation\ns 7B ins A2010-33 s 17\nPrescribed training courses for employee licences—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (iii)\ns 8 hdg sub A2011-37 s 27\ns 8 table am A2010-50 amdt 1.45; items renum R15 LA; A2011-37\nss 28-30; SL2012-20 s 5, s 6; A2016-37 amdt 1.39; items\nrenum R23 LA; A2017-17 s 2\nsub SL2020-25 s 4\nam SL2021-2 s 4\nPrescribed training courses for trainer licences—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (iii)\ns 9 hdg sub A2011-37 s 31\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 28 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nConditions for certain master licences—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (v)\ns 9A hdg sub A2011-37 s 32\ns 9A (prev s 7A) ins A2004-32 s 100\nreloc and renum as s 9A A2010-33 s 16\nWorkplace information—Act, s 21 (1) (a) (iv)\ns 9B hdg sub A2011-37 s 33\ns 9B ins A2010-33 s 18\nConditions on employee licences—Act, s 52 (2) (f) (i)\ns 9C ins A2016-18 amdt 4.16\nDefinitions for pt 4\ns 10 def identification number sub A2005-5 s 42; A2006-40\namdt 1.41\nIdentification number—Act, s 41 and s 42\ns 12 sub A2005-5 s 43; A2006-40 amdt 1.42\nAccreditation of trainers\ns 15 (2)-(4) exp 1 December 2003 (s 15 (4))\nam A2007-12 amdt 1.18; A2014-48 amdt 1.34\nConfidentiality of personal information\ns 16 am A2014-49 amdts 1.46-1.48\nAllocation of identification numbers to crowd controllers\ns 18 ins A2006-40 amdt 1.43\nDictionary\ndict ins A2010-33 s 19\nam A2012-21 amdt 3.180; A2016-18 amdt 4.17; A2016-33\namdt 1.45\ndef security consultant ins A2010-33 s 19\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 29\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\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n3 Sept 2003\n3 Sept 2003–\n1 Dec 2003\nnot amended new regulation\nR1A\n25 Feb 2004\n2 Dec 2003–\n18 Dec 2003\nnot amended commenced\nexpiry\nR2 (RI)\n19 Dec 2003\n19 Dec 2003–\n30 June 2004\nA2003-56 amendments by\nA2003-56\nreissued for\ntextual\ncorrection\nR3\n1 July 2004\n1 July 2004–\n12 July 2004\nA2004-28 amendments by\nA2004-28\nR4\n13 July 2004\n13 July 2004–\n31 Oct 2004\nA2004-32 amendments by\nA2004-32\nR5\n1 Nov 2004\n1 Nov 2004–\n23 Feb 2005\nA2004-32 editorial\namendments\nunder\nLegislation Act\nR6\n24 Feb 2005\n24 Feb 2005–\n14 Nov 2005\nA2005-5 amendments by\nA2005-5\nR7\n15 Nov 2005\n15 Nov 2005–\n1 June 2006\nSL2005-35 amendments by\nSL2005-35\nR8\n2 June 2006\n2 June 2006–\n18 Oct 2006\nA2006-23 amendments by\nA2006-23\nR9\n19 Oct 2006\n19 Oct 2006–\n30 June 2007\nA2006-40 amendments by\nA2006-40\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 30 Security Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\nR27\n19/03/21\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR10\n1 July 2007\n1 July 2007–\n17 Dec 2007\nA2007-15 amendments by\nA2007-12\nR11*\n18 Dec 2007\n18 Dec 2007–\n8 Sept 2008\nA2007-15 amendments by\nA2007-15\nR12\n9 Sept 2008\n9 Sept 2008–\n30 Nov 2010\nA2008-20 amendments by\nA2008-20\nR13\n1 Dec 2010\n1 Dec 2010–\n31 Dec 2010\nA2010-43 amendments by\nA2010-43\nR14\n1 Jan 2011\n1 Jan 2011–\n13 June 2011\nA2010-54 amendments by\nA2010-33 and\nA2010-54\nR15\n14 June 2011\n14 June 2011–\n17 May 2012\nA2010-54 amendments by\nA2010-50\nR16\n18 May 2012\n18 May 2012–\n4 June 2012\nSL2012-20 amendments by\nSL2012-20\nR17\n5 June 2012\n5 June 2012–\n26 Sept 2012\nA2012-21 amendments by\nA2012-21\nR18\n27 Sept 2012\n27 Sept 2012–\n16 Nov 2014\nA2012-21 amendments by\nA2011-37 and\nSL2012-20\nR19\n17 Nov 2014\n17 Nov 2014–\n19 Nov 2014\nA2014-49 amendments by\nA2014-49\nR20\n20 Nov 2014\n20 Nov 2014–\n26 Apr 2016\nA2014-49 amendments by\nA2014-48\nR21\n27 Apr 2016\n27 Apr 2016–\n20 June 2016\nA2016-18 amendments by\nA2016-18\nR22\n21 June 2016\n21 June 2016–\n28 June 2016\nA2016-33 amendments by\nA2016-33\nR23\n29 June 2017\n29 June 2017–\n30 Aug 2017\nA2016-37 amendments by\nA2016-37\nR24\n31 Aug 2017\n31 Aug 2020–\n30 June 2020\nA2017-17 amendments by\nA2017-17\nR25\n1 July 2020\n1 July 2020–\n25 Feb 2021\nSL2020-25 amendments by\nSL2020-25\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR27\n19/03/21\nSecurity Industry Regulation 2003\nEffective: 19/03/21\npage 31\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR26\n26 Feb 2021\n26 Feb 2021–\n18 Mar 2021\nA2021-3 amendments by\nA2021-3\n© Australian Capital Territory 2021","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The regulation’s scope has been extended and refined through amendments: it explicitly prescribes additional security activities (s 4), expands and clarifies exempt classes (s 6), sets detailed training requirements and transitional rules for employee and trainer licences (s 8, s 9), requires some master licence applicants to join an approved industry association with commissioner discretion to approve or exempt (s 9A), applies national privacy principle obligations to certain master licensees (s 16), and incorporates external equipment safety standards by reference (s 17). These changes are reflected in the amendment history in the endnotes."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to the Security Industry Act 2003 and other Acts (eg. Legislation Act, Privacy Act) increasing interpretive complexity (see general cross-references throughout; ss 2, 16).","Detailed prescribed training matrix with transitional grandfathering rules for older qualifications (s 8(1)–(2) and Table 8).","Discretionary powers vested in the commissioner for fair trading to approve industry associations, exempt applicants and accept alternative training (ss 9A(3), 9A(2), 9).","Incorporation by reference of external standards published 'as in force from time to time' (equipment safety standards) requiring ongoing administrative monitoring (s 17(1)).","Specific operational compliance duties and retention periods for master licensees and crowd controllers (identification, incident recording and 3-year record retention) creating operational processes to implement (ss 12, 13, 14).","Layered exemptions and licence-class interactions (trainer licence exemptions, monitoring services operated from outside ACT, and employee licence conditions tying employment to a master licence) that affect who must hold what licence (s 6(2)–(3); s 9C).","Use of notifiable instruments and forms for approvals and records introduces secondary instruments and administrative detail (s 9A(4); notes to ss 13 and 17)."],"plain_english_summary":"Sets licensing, training and record-keeping rules for the security industry in the ACT. Affects master and employee licensees, trainers, crowd controllers, monitoring operators and equipment installers. It prescribes required courses, compulsory association membership for some masters, exemptions, identification numbers and incident record-keeping. The regulation imposes compliance costs (training, membership, three-year record retention) on licensees and gives the commissioner for fair trading discretion to approve associations, accredit trainers and allocate identification numbers (ss 9A, 15, 13, 18, 16)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation appears to have remained focused on its original purpose of operationalising the Security Industry Act 2003. While it has been amended multiple times (27 republications), these amendments largely reflect updates to training qualifications, expansion of exempt categories to cover new emergency services structures, and refinements to crowd control record-keeping. There is no evidence of significant scope creep beyond the original intent of regulating security industry licensing, training, and conduct."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to the parent Security Industry Act 2003 (e.g., 'Act, s 13 (1) (a)') requiring readers to flip between documents","Complex transitional provisions in section 8 with date-based cutoffs (before 1 July 2020, on 1 July 2020, before 1 July 2021) and alternative qualification pathways","Detailed tabular structure in section 8 specifying different training requirements for 7 different licence subclasses with varying elective requirements","Nested conditional logic in exemptions (section 6) with multiple criteria (e.g., employment relationship AND no other security activity AND employer not carrying on security business)","Incorporation of external standards (Australian Privacy Principles, Standards Australia equipment standards) by reference with 'as in force from time to time' clauses","Specific record-keeping requirements for crowd control with 3-year retention periods and detailed incident reporting fields"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation under the ACT Security Industry Act 2003 provides the operational rulebook for licensing and regulating security businesses, individual security workers, trainers, and crowd controllers. It prescribes who needs a licence, required training qualifications (with transitional rules), ID and equipment standards, privacy rules, and strict record‑keeping for crowd control incidents.\n\nIt matters because it enforces training, accountability and a three‑year paper trail for incidents, protecting the public and security workers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/security-industry-regulation-2003","history":"/api/acts/security-industry-regulation-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/security-industry-regulation-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/security-industry-regulation-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/security-industry-regulation-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/security-industry-regulation-2003/documents"}}