89Additional requirements relating to security guards

89 Additional requirements relating to security guards

89 Additional requirements relating to security guards

(1) The Commissioner must refuse to issue a licence to a person who is employed as a security guard unless the person—

(a) has completed, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, an approved firearms safety test, and

(b) produces the person’s class 1F licence under the Security Industry Act 1997.

(2) In addition to the firearms safety training courses required in connection with an application for a licence, a security guard who possesses a firearm must undertake, at least once each 12 months or within a longer approved period, such continuing firearms safety training courses as may be approved.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2A) A longer approved period, not more than 24 months, may be approved for subclause (2) for particular security guards, classes of security guards or all security guards.

Note.

The Act, section 4(1) defines approved to mean approved by the Commissioner from time to time.

(3) A person who employs security guards must—

(a) ensure that subclause (2) is complied with by the persons employed as security guards by the employer, and

(b) report to the Commissioner when those persons have completed the required training course or if any such person fails to undertake the required training course.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

cl 89: Am 2021 (648), Sch 1[1] [2].