NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 1995
As in force at 10 February 2026
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1
4 Security providers ............................................................................ 3
5 Crowd controllers............................................................................. 4
6 Security officers ............................................................................... 4
7 Security firms ................................................................................... 4
8 Act may be declared to apply to certain persons ............................. 4
9 Act only to apply to security firms and officers if declared to so
apply ................................................................................................ 5
Part 1A Administration
10 Appointment of Director of Private Security Regulation ................... 6
10A Delegation ....................................................................................... 6
10B Annual report ................................................................................... 6
Part 2 Use of information
11 Director to keep register .................................................................. 6
Part 3 Licences
12 Definition.......................................................................................... 7
12A Eligibility for licence ......................................................................... 7
13 Requirement to be licensed ............................................................. 8
14 Application for licence ...................................................................... 8
15 Entitlement to licences – natural persons ........................................ 9
16 Inquiries about person's appropriateness to hold licence .............. 11
17 Entitlement to licences – corporations or firms .............................. 12
18 Decision on application .................................................................. 12
19 Conditions of licence ..................................................................... 13
20 Amendment of conditions .............................................................. 14
21 Notice to return licence for alteration ............................................. 15
22 Production of licence ..................................................................... 15
23 Period of validity of licence ............................................................ 16
24 Renewal of licence ........................................................................ 16
25 Replacement licence ..................................................................... 17
25A Licence not transferable ................................................................ 17
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Part 4 Cancellation, suspension &c., of licences
26 Grounds for suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew ............. 18
27 Procedure for suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew .......... 18
28 Return of suspended or cancelled licence ..................................... 20
29 Automatic cancellation on conviction ............................................. 20
Part 5 Inspectors
35 Inspectors ...................................................................................... 20
36 Inspector's identity card ................................................................. 21
37 Production of inspector's identity card ........................................... 21
38 Entry of place by inspector ............................................................ 21
39 Inspector's general powers in a place............................................ 22
40 Procedure after thing seized .......................................................... 22
41 Power to require name and address.............................................. 23
42 Power to require information from certain persons ........................ 23
43 False or misleading information ..................................................... 24
44 Power to require production of documents .................................... 24
45 False or misleading documents ..................................................... 25
46 Obstruction of inspectors ............................................................... 25
47 Police to retain powers under other Acts for the purposes of
this Act ........................................................................................... 26
Part 6 Codes of practice, competency standards
and training
48 Codes of practice........................................................................... 26
49 Undertakings by persons contravening code ................................. 27
50 Registers of undertakings .............................................................. 27
51 Orders by Tribunal where undertaking refused or breached ......... 27
52 Variation and discharge of orders .................................................. 29
53 Competency standards and training .............................................. 29
Part 6A Complaints
53A Person may make complaint about security provider .................... 30
53B Opportunity to be given to security provider to reply to
complaint ....................................................................................... 30
53C Consideration and decision of Director .......................................... 30
53D Determination of complaint ............................................................ 31
Part 6B Review of decisions
53E Definitions ...................................................................................... 31
53F Notice of delegate decision............................................................ 32
53G Application for review .................................................................... 32
53GA Effect of application on delegate decision ..................................... 32
53GB Director to consider application ..................................................... 32
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53GC Conducting and deciding review .................................................... 33
53GD Notice of decision on review .......................................................... 33
53GE Application to Tribunal for review of Director's decision................. 33
53H Licence refused because of disqualifying offence ......................... 34
Part 7 General
54 Identification to be worn by crowd controller .................................. 34
55 Liability for security provider's actions ........................................... 35
56 Employers to keep incident registers ............................................. 36
57 Person not to hire crowd controller with disqualifying offence ....... 36
58 Confidentiality of information ......................................................... 37
59 Protection from liability .................................................................. 37
60 Evidentiary provisions .................................................................... 38
61 Approved forms ............................................................................. 38
65 Exemptions .................................................................................... 38
66 Regulations.................................................................................... 39
Part 8 Transitional matters for Licensing
(Director-General) Act 2014
Division 1 Definitions
67 Definitions ...................................................................................... 40
Division 2 Applications
68 Application to licensing authority – not yet considered .................. 41
69 Application to licensing authority – under active consideration ...... 41
Division 3 Review of decisions and appeals
70 New review regime applies to post-commencement decisions...... 42
71 Appeal against pre-commencement decision – appeal not yet
commenced ................................................................................... 42
72 Appeal against pre-commencement decision – appeal
commenced ................................................................................... 42
Division 4 Complaints
73 New complaints regime applies to post-commencement
complaints ..................................................................................... 42
74 Complaint made before commencement – not yet considered ...... 43
75 Complaint made before commencement – under active
consideration ................................................................................. 43
76 Review of pre-commencement complaint decision –
application not yet made ................................................................ 44
77 Review of pre-commencement complaint decision –
application made ........................................................................... 44
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Division 5 General matters
78 Continuation of ongoing documents and things ............................. 44
79 Active consideration ...................................................................... 45
80 Licence issued despite disqualifying offence ................................. 45
Part 9 Transitional matters for Licensing
(Director-General) Repeal Act 2020
81 Definitions ...................................................................................... 46
82 Applications to be decided by Director .......................................... 46
83 Director to complete delegate decision reviews............................. 46
84 Continuation of instruments, appointments, documents etc. ......... 46
85 Suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew ................................ 47
Schedule Reviewable decisions and affected
persons
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 10 February 2026
PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 1995
An Act to provide for the regulation of the provision of security services
and for related purposes
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Private Security Act 1995.
2 Commencement
(1) The provisions of this Act, other than section 13, shall come into
operation on the day on which the Administrator's assent to the Act
is declared.
(2) Section 13 of this Act shall come into operation on a date fixed by
the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.
3 Definitions
In this Act:
affected person, see section 53E.
appropriate licence for carrying out the functions of a security
provider is:
(a) if carrying out the functions of a crowd controller – a crowd
controller's provisional licence or a crowd controller's licence;
(b) if carrying out the functions of a security officer – a security
officer's licence or a security officer's provisional licence;
(c) if carrying out the functions of a security firm – a security firm's
licence; or
(d) if carrying out the functions of a member of a class of persons
declared in a notice under section 8 to be a category of
security providers – the relevant category of licence declared
in that notice, including a provisional licence in relation to that
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category of licence.
approved form means a form approved under section 61.
criminal history of a person means the person's criminal record
within the meaning of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions)
Act 1992.
crowd controller has the meaning given by section 5.
decision notice, for a decision, means a written notice setting out:
(a) the decision and the reasons for it; and
(b) any right the person to whom the notice is to be given has,
under this Act, to apply for a review of, or to appeal, the
decision.
delegate decision, see section 53E.
Director means the Director of Private Security Regulation
appointed under section 10.
disqualifying offence, for a category of licence, means:
(a) an offence prescribed by regulation to be a disqualifying
offence in relation to that category of licence; or
(b) an offence against a law, or a repealed law, of the Territory or
another jurisdiction (including a jurisdiction outside Australia)
that substantially corresponds to an offence mentioned in
paragraph (a).
inspector means a person appointed under section 35 as an
inspector or a person who is an inspector by virtue of section 35(4).
obstruct includes hinder, resist and attempt to obstruct.
officer, for Part 3, see section 12.
provisional licence means:
(a) a crowd controller's provisional licence;
(b) a security officer's provisional licence; and
(c) a provisional licence in relation to a category of licence
declared under section 8.
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public place means:
(a) premises licensed under the Liquor Act 2019; or
(b) an entertainment venue to which the public are admitted,
whether or not for consideration.
reviewable decision, see section 53E.
security firm has the meaning given by section 7.
security officer has the meaning given by section 6.
security provider has the meaning given by section 4.
Tribunal means the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Note for section 3
The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be
relevant to this Act.
4 Security providers
(1) In this Act, a security provider means:
(a) a crowd controller;
(b) a security officer;
(c) a security firm; or
(d) a person or partnership carrying out the functions of a member
of a class of persons declared in a notice under section 8 to
be a category of security providers.
(2) A person employed by a security provider is not a security provider
if the person's duties are wholly secretarial or clerical.
(3) Each of the following persons is not a security provider in carrying
out the functions of the person's employment:
(a) a member of the Police Force or a member of the police
service of the Commonwealth or a State or another Territory
of the Commonwealth;
(b) a member of the Defence Force;
(c) an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment and
Management Act 1993 or an officer or employee of the
Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth;
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(d) a minister of the Territory, the Commonwealth or a State or
another Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(e) a department of the Territory, the Commonwealth or a State or
another Territory of the Commonwealth.
5 Crowd controllers
In this Act, a crowd controller is a person who, in respect of
premises licensed under the Liquor Act 2019, a place of
entertainment, a place to which the public has access or a public or
private event or function, as part of his or her duties, performs the
function of:
(a) controlling or monitoring the behaviour of persons;
(b) screening persons seeking entry; or
(c) removing persons because of their behaviour,
or any other prescribed function.
6 Security officers
In this Act, a security officer is a person who, for reward, patrols or
guards another person's property.
7 Security firms
In this Act, a security firm is a person who, or partnership or
corporation that, engages in the business of supplying, for reward,
the services of:
(a) crowd controllers or security officers; or
(b) where this section is specified in a notice under section 8 to
apply to members of a class of persons declared in that notice
to be a category of security providers – members of that class
of persons,
to other persons.
8 Act may be declared to apply to certain persons
(1) Where the Minister is of the opinion that it may be desirable to
declare a class of persons who perform particular functions
(including, but not limited to, the functions performed by a locksmith
or an installer of security systems) to be a category of security
provider for the purpose of this Act, the Minister may request the
Director to conduct a review of the suitability of making such a
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declaration.
(2) The Minister shall provide a copy of a report of a review conducted
under subsection (1) to:
(a) the industry organisation, if any:
(i) representing the interests of owners of businesses
conducted by members of the class of persons in
relation to which the review was conducted; and
(ii) approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section;
(b) the members of the Legislative Assembly; and
(c) such other persons or organisations as the Minister thinks fit,
and request their opinion, within 28 days from the date of the
request or such longer period as the Minister thinks fit, as to the
Minister's proposal.
(3) Where:
(a) a report provided under subsection (1) declares that, in the
opinion of the Director, regulation of the class of persons the
subject of the review is justifiable; and
(b) the Minister has considered all opinions provided under
subsection (2),
the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare:
(c) the class of persons in relation to which the review was
conducted to be for the purposes of this Act a category of
security providers named in the notice;
(d) the name of the relevant category of licence, including a
provisional licence, in relation to that class of persons; and
(e) that all of the provisions of this Act, or the provisions of the Act
specified in the notice, shall apply to and in relation to a
member of that category of security providers.
9 Act only to apply to security firms and officers if declared to so
apply
This Act does not apply to, or in relation to, security firms or security
officers unless the Minister has declared, by notice in the Gazette,
that the Act applies to security firms or security officers, as the case
may be.
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Part 1A Administration
10 Appointment of Director of Private Security Regulation
The Minister must, in writing, appoint a person to be the Director of
Private Security Regulation.
10A Delegation
The Director may delegate any of the Director's powers or functions
under this Act, other than a power under Part 6B, to a public sector
employee.
10B Annual report
(1) The Director must, within 3 months after the end of each financial
year, give the Minister a report on the operation of this Act during
that year.
(2) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Legislative
Assembly within 6 sitting days after the Minister receives the report.
Part 2 Use of information
11 Director to keep register
(1) The Director must keep, in such manner and form as the Director
thinks fit, registers of persons holding licences under this Act or
disqualified from holding licences under this Act.
(2) The Director must make the register, other than a part of the
register to which the public is not to have access in accordance with
subsection (3), available for inspection by members of the public
during normal business hours, on days other than public holidays or
weekends.
(3) The Director must ensure that spent convictions within the meaning
of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 are not
recorded on a part of the register to which the public has access.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of the Criminal Records (Spent
Convictions) Act 1992, the Director:
(a) may keep such records of a person's criminal history as are
required to be kept for the purposes of this Act,
notwithstanding that part of the criminal history is a spent
conviction within the meaning of the Criminal Records (Spent
Convictions) Act 1992; and
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(b) may, only insofar as required for the purposes of a review
under this Act or as is otherwise required for the performance
by an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment
and Management Act 1993 of his or her functions under that
Act or this Act, make available to any person a record of a
spent conviction within the meaning of the Criminal Records
(Spent Convictions) Act 1992.
(5) The Director may authorise the release of information, including a
spent conviction within the meaning of the Criminal Records (Spent
Convictions) Act 1992, to a person or body responsible for the issue
of licences under an Act of the Territory, the Commonwealth or a
State or another Territory of the Commonwealth.
Part 3 Licences
12 Definition
In this Part:
officer, for a corporation, means:
(a) a director, secretary or executive officer of the corporation; or
(b) a person who is concerned, or takes part, in the management
of the corporation's affairs; or
(c) a person who can control or substantially influence the
conduct of the corporation's affairs including, for example, a
person on whose directions, advice or instructions the
corporation's directors usually act.
12A Eligibility for licence
A person, partnership or corporation is not eligible to apply for or be
granted a licence under this Act unless:
(a) in the case of a natural person – the person is at least
18 years old; and
(b) in the case of a partnership – each partner of the partnership
is at least 18 years old; and
(c) in the case of corporation – each officer of the corporation is at
least 18 years old.
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13 Requirement to be licensed
(1) A person shall not:
(a) carry out the functions of a security provider; or
(b) advertise, or in any way hold out, that the person carries out or
is willing to carry out, the functions of a security provider,
unless the person holds the appropriate licence.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(1A) An offence against subsection (1) is a regulatory offence.
(2) A person shall not, directly or indirectly, engage another person to
carry out the functions of a security provider unless the other
person holds the appropriate licence.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(2A) An offence against subsection (2) is a regulatory offence.
(3) A person is not entitled to a reward for carrying out the functions of
a security provider unless the person holds the appropriate licence.
(4) Subsection (3) has effect notwithstanding an arrangement to the
contrary.
14 Application for licence
(1) An application to the Director for a licence under this Act may be
made in the approved form accompanied by the prescribed fee, if
any, by:
(a) a natural person; or
(b) in the case of a security firm's licence – a person, partnership
or a corporation.
(2) A licence other than a security firm's licence shall only be granted in
respect of a natural person.
(3) The Director may, in writing, request the applicant for a licence to
give further information or documents relevant to the application.
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(4) The Director may reject the application for a licence if the applicant
fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the request.
(5) Where:
(a) a natural person has applied for a licence – he or she;
(b) a partnership has applied for a security firm's licence – each
partner in the partnership; or
(c) a corporation has applied for a security firm's licence – each
officer of the corporation,
shall attend at a police station and provide to a member of the
Police Force the prescribed information together with a signed
authority, on the approved form, permitting the Commissioner to
release to the Director details of the person's criminal history:
(d) for the determination of the application; and
(e) at any time during any period for which the licence is granted
or renewed if the person is charged with a disqualifying
offence.
15 Entitlement to licences – natural persons
(1) This section applies if an application is made for the grant of a
licence to a natural person.
(3) Subject to subsection (8), a person is entitled to be granted a
provisional licence if:
(a) the Minister has approved a code of practice under section 48,
and competency standards and training under section 53, in
relation to that category of licence; and
(b) the Director is satisfied that the person is an appropriate
person to hold the licence.
(4) Subject to subsection (8), a person is entitled to be granted a crowd
controller's licence, a security officer's licence, or a category of
licence (other than a provisional licence) declared under section 8,
if:
(a) the Minister has approved a code of practice under section 48,
and competency standards and training under section 53, in
relation to that category of licence;
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(b) the Director is satisfied that the person has successfully
completed the course in training approved under section 53 in
relation to that category of licence; and
(c) the Director is satisfied that the person is an appropriate
person to hold the licence.
(5) In deciding whether a person is an appropriate person to hold a
licence, the Director is limited to considering the matters specified
in subsections (6), (7) and (7A).
(6) In deciding whether a person is an appropriate person to hold a
licence, the Director may consider the following matters as
indicating that the person may not be an appropriate person:
(a) that in dealings in which the person has been involved, the
person has:
(i) shown dishonesty or lack of integrity; or
(ii) used harassing tactics;
(b) that the person habitually consorts with reputed criminals;
(c) that the person has taken advantage, as a debtor, of the laws
of bankruptcy;
(d) that the person is suffering from an illness that makes them
unfit to work in the security industry;
(e) that the person has been found guilty of an offence;
(f) information provided by a person or body responsible for the
issue of licences under an Act of the Territory, the
Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth;
(g) evidence given in a court of the Territory, the Commonwealth
or a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth or a
commission of inquiry.
(7) A person is not an appropriate person to hold a licence if the
person, within 10 years of applying for a licence, has been
convicted of:
(a) a disqualifying offence in relation to such a licence; or
(b) an offence that would be a disqualifying offence in relation to
such a licence if committed in the Territory.
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(7A) However, if the Tribunal has previously granted a licence to the
person under section 53H despite the person having been
convicted of a disqualifying offence, that conviction is to be
disregarded for the purposes of subsection (7).
(8) The Director may, in the Director's absolute discretion, refuse to
grant a licence to an applicant if the Director has grounds for
believing that the applicant is likely to be of bad character, having
regard to the public interest in ensuring that persons of bad
character are not employed as security providers.
16 Inquiries about person's appropriateness to hold licence
(1) The Director shall notify the Commissioner of Police of each inquiry
of the Director under this section.
(2) The Director may make inquiries about a person to assist in
deciding whether the person:
(a) is an appropriate person within the meaning of section 15 for
the grant of the licence, or is a person of bad character; or
(b) continues to be an appropriate person within the meaning of
section 15 to hold a licence or have a licence renewed, or is a
person of bad character.
(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a signed authority
under section 14(5) in relation to an application for a licence under
this Act or an inquiry by the Director under this section, the
Commissioner of Police shall give the Director:
(a) a written report of the criminal history of the person who
signed the authority or person in relation to whom the inquiry
is being held, notwithstanding that part of the criminal history
is a spent conviction within the meaning of the Criminal
Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992; and
(b) such evidence as may assist the Director to determine if the
person who signed the authority is of bad character.
(4) Subsection (3)(a) applies to the criminal history:
(a) that is in the Commissioner of Police's possession; or
(b) to which the Commissioner of Police ordinarily has access
through arrangements with the police service of the
Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth.
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17 Entitlement to licences – corporations or firms
(2) This section applies if a corporation or partnership applies for a
security firm licence.
(3) The applicant is entitled to the licence if the Director is satisfied
that:
(a) each person who is an officer of the corporation, or partner in
the partnership, is an appropriate person to be an officer or
partner if the corporation or partnership were granted the
licence; and
(b) if the applicant is a corporation – the corporation has not been
convicted of a disqualifying offence.
(4) The conditions of the licence shall specify which of the functions of
a crowd controller or security officer may be supplied under the
licence.
(5) Sections 15(5) to (8) and 16 apply to a decision about whether a
person specified in subsection (3)(a) is an appropriate person, as if
the person were the applicant for the licence.
18 Decision on application
(2) The Director shall consider an application for a provisional licence
and, if satisfied that:
(a) the person is entitled to the licence under section 15(3); and
(b) there are no grounds for believing that the applicant is likely to
be of bad character, having regard to the public interest in
ensuring that persons of bad character are not employed as
security providers,
the Director shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant the
licence.
(3) The Director shall consider an application for a crowd controller's
licence, a security officer's licence or a licence (other than a
provisional licence) in relation to a category of licence declared
under section 8 and, if satisfied that:
(a) the person is entitled to the licence under section 15(4); and
(b) there are no grounds for believing that the applicant is likely to
be of bad character, having regard to the public interest in
ensuring that persons of bad character are not employed as
security providers,
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the Director shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant the
licence.
(5) Where the Director grants a provisional licence to a person and the
Director is satisfied that the person:
(a) is entitled under section 15(4) to a licence to perform the same
functions under the Act as those in relation to which the
provisional licence was issued; and
(b) is not likely to be of bad character, having regard to the public
interest in ensuring that persons of bad character are not
employed as security providers,
the Director shall grant the licence to the person without requiring a
further application to be made under this Act.
(6) The Director shall consider an application for a security firm's
licence and, if satisfied that:
(a) the applicant is entitled to the licence under section 17(3); and
(b) there are no grounds for believing that any officer of the
corporation or partner in a partnership is likely to be of bad
character, having regard to the public interest in ensuring that
persons of bad character are not employed as security
providers,
the Director shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant the
licence.
(7) If the Director grants a licence, the Director shall as soon as
practicable give the applicant:
(a) a licence containing, in the case of a licensee who is a natural
person, the photograph of the licensee or, in the case of an
application for a security firm's licence by a partnership or
corporation, a photograph of one of the partners in the
partnership or of the principal of the corporation; and
(b) if a condition is stated on the licence – a decision notice for
the decision to impose the condition.
(8) If the Director refuses to grant the licence, the Director must, as
soon as practicable, give a decision notice to the applicant.
19 Conditions of licence
(1) The Director may grant a licence on such conditions as the Director
thinks fit and specifies in writing to the licensee.
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(2) A licence is subject to:
(a) such conditions, if any, as are prescribed in relation to such a
licence;
(b) the conditions, if any, specified in accordance with
subsection (1) and amended, if at all, in accordance with
section 20; and
(c) where a code of practice has been approved under section 48
in relation to such a licence, the condition that the code shall
be complied with and not contravened.
(3) The licensee shall comply with the conditions of the licence.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 100 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
20 Amendment of conditions
(1) If the Director considers that the conditions on a licence (other than
a condition that applies to a licence because the condition is
prescribed) should be amended, the Director shall give the licensee
a written notice (the show cause notice) that:
(a) states the reasons for the amendment;
(b) outlines the facts and circumstances that form the basis of the
reasons; and
(c) invites the licensee to show cause within a specified time, of
not less than 28 days, why the conditions should not be
amended.
(2) The Director may amend the conditions if, after considering all
representations made under subsection (1)(c), the Director still
believes that the conditions should be amended:
(a) in the way specified in the show cause notice; or
(b) in another way, having regard to the representations.
(2A) A licensee may apply to the Director to amend the conditions of the
licensee's licence as set out in the application.
(2B) An application under subsection (2A) is to:
(a) state the reasons for the amendment; and
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(b) outline the facts and circumstances that form the basis of the
reasons.
(2C) After considering the application under subsection (2A), the Director
may, if satisfied that the conditions should be amended as set out in
the application, amend the conditions accordingly.
(3) If the Director decides to amend the conditions under subsection (2)
or refuse to amend the conditions under subsection (2C), as soon
as practicable after doing so, the Director must give a decision
notice to the licensee.
(4) Subsections (1) to (3) (inclusive) do not apply if the conditions of a
licence are to be amended only:
(a) by omitting a condition;
(b) for a formal or clerical reason; or
(c) in another way that does not adversely affect the licensee's
interests.
(5) The Director may make an amendment of a type specified in
subsection (4) by written notice to the licensee.
21 Notice to return licence for alteration
(1) The Director may, by written notice, require the licensee to return
the licence to the Director within a specified time, of not less than
14 days, to enable the Director to amend the conditions stated on
the licence.
(2) After amending the conditions stated on the licence, the Director
shall return the licence to the licensee.
(3) A licensee shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with
a notice under subsection (1).
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 20 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 100 penalty units
(4) The amendment of the conditions of a licence under section 20
does not depend on the conditions being altered under this section.
22 Production of licence
(1) A licensee shall, on the request of:
(a) an inspector; or
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(b) a member of the Police Force,
produce the licensee's licence for inspection.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 20 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 100 penalty units
(2) If a licensee is not wearing the prescribed identification, the
licensee shall, on the request of the person with whom the licensee
is dealing in carrying out the licensee's functions, produce the
licensee's licence for inspection.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 20 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 100 penalty units
23 Period of validity of licence
(1) Subject to this Act, a licence, other than a provisional licence, is
valid for the period of 1, 2 or 3 years from the date of issue,
requested by the applicant and specified on the licence.
(3) Subject to this Act, a provisional licence is valid until the conclusion
of the next available training course, at a date specified in the
licence, in respect of the category of licence, which may be
attended by the holder of the licence.
(4) Where the holder of a provisional licence is unable to attend a
training course specified in the licence for reasons acceptable to
the Director, the Director may extend the period of the licence until
the conclusion of the next available training course, at a date
specified in the licence, in respect of the category of licence, which
may be attended by the holder of the licence.
(5) A provisional licence shall not be extended under subsection (3)
more than once, and in any case such a licence ceases to be valid
after 12 months after the date of issue.
24 Renewal of licence
(1) The holder of a licence, other than a provisional licence, may apply
to the Director to renew the licence.
(2) An application under subsection (1) is to be:
(a) in the approved form;
(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any); and
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(c) made within 3 months before the expiry of the licence or any
other period determined by the Director.
(3) The Director may refuse to renew the licence under section 26.
(4) Despite subsection (3), if the application is to renew a crowd
controller's licence or a security officer's licence, the Director must
not renew the licence unless the licensee holds a current first aid
certificate, being a certificate approved by the Minister.
(5) If an application for renewal is made while the licence is still in
force, the licence remains in force until the date that the licensee is
notified of the outcome of the renewal application.
(6) If an application for renewal is granted, the renewed licence is
taken to have commenced on the date following the expiry date of
the licence it renews.
25 Replacement licence
(1) A licensee may apply to the Director for the replacement of a lost,
stolen or destroyed licence.
(1A) An application under subsection (1) is to be accompanied by the
prescribed fee (if any).
(2) The Director shall consider each application and either:
(a) replace the licence; or
(b) refuse to replace the licence.
(3) If the Director is satisfied that the licence has been lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Director shall replace the licence.
(4) If the Director decides to refuse to replace the licence, as soon as
practicable after doing so, the Director must give a decision notice
to the applicant.
25A Licence not transferable
A licence granted under this Act is not transferable by the licensee.
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Part 4 Cancellation, suspension &c., of licences
26 Grounds for suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew
(1) Each of the following is a ground for the suspension or cancellation
of a licence or the refusal to renew a licence:
(a) the licence was obtained on the basis of incorrect or
misleading information;
(b) the licensee has contravened a condition of the licence;
(c) the licensee has committed an offence against this Act;
(d) the licensee, or another person required to be an appropriate
person for the grant of the licence, is not, or is no longer, an
appropriate person.
(2) The question whether a person is, or continues to be, an
appropriate person is decided in the same way as the question
whether the person would be an appropriate person for the grant of
the licence.
(3) The charging of a licensee, or another person required to be an
appropriate person for the grant of the licence, with a disqualifying
offence is a ground for suspending, or refusing to renew, the
licence concerned until the end of the proceeding for the charge.
(4) The power of the court to impose conditions of bail under the Bail
Act 1982 includes the power to impose a condition that the licensee
not act as a security provider as stated in the condition.
27 Procedure for suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew
(1) If the Director believes that reasonable grounds exist to suspend,
cancel or refuse to renew a licence (the action), the Director shall
give the licensee a written notice (a show cause notice) that:
(a) states the action proposed;
(b) states the grounds for proposing to take the action;
(c) outlines the facts and circumstances that form the basis for
the Director's belief;
(d) if the Director proposes to suspend the licence – states the
suspension period the Director proposes to impose; and
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(e) invites the licensee to show cause within a specified time, of
not less than 28 days, why the action proposed should not be
taken, and the licensee may make submissions to the Director
accordingly.
(2) If, after considering all submissions, if any, made by the licensee,
the Director still believes that grounds to take the action exist, the
Director may:
(a) if the show cause notice was a notice of intention to suspend
the licence for a specified period:
(i) suspend the licence for a period not longer than the
specified period; or
(ii) impose a maximum penalty of 85 penalty units;
(b) if the show cause notice was a notice of intention to cancel the
licence:
(i) cancel the licence;
(ii) suspend the licence for a period; or
(iii) impose a maximum penalty of 85 penalty units; or
(c) if the show cause notice was a notice of intention not to renew
the licence:
(i) refuse to renew the licence;
(ii) refuse to renew the licence for a period; or
(iii) impose a maximum penalty of 85 penalty units.
(3) As soon as practicable after making a decision under subsection (2)
the Director must:
(a) if the decision is to take no action – inform the licensee of the
decision by written notice; or
(b) otherwise – give a decision notice to the licensee.
(5) A decision under subsection (2) takes effect on:
(a) the day on which the notice is given to the licensee; or
(b) the day specified in the notice,
whichever is later.
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(6) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Director may, if the
Director considers immediate suspension of a licence on one or
more of the grounds specified in section 26 is, in all the
circumstances, justifiable, suspend the licence immediately by
giving a decision notice to the licensee.
28 Return of suspended or cancelled licence
(1) If the Director cancels or suspends a person's licence, the Director
may give the person a written notice requiring the person to return
the licence within a period, of not less than 14 days, specified in the
notice.
(2) The person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with
the notice.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 20 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 100 penalty units.
(3) If a suspended licence returned to the Director is still current at the
end of the suspension period, the Director shall return the licence to
the licensee.
29 Automatic cancellation on conviction
(1) A licensee's licence is cancelled if the licensee, or another person
who would have been required to be an appropriate person within
the meaning of section 15 for the grant of the licence, is convicted
of a disqualifying offence.
(2) The licensee shall return the licence to the Director within 14 days
after the conviction.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 20 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 100 penalty units.
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35 Inspectors
(1) The Director may appoint a public sector employee to be an
inspector.
(2) The Director may appoint a person to be an inspector only if:
(a) the Director believes that the person has the necessary
expertise or experience to be an inspector; or
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(b) the person has satisfactorily completed a course of training
approved by the Director.
(3) The Director may limit the powers of an inspector by stating
conditions in the instrument of appointment.
(4) A member of the Police Force is an inspector for the purposes of
this Act.
36 Inspector's identity card
(1) The Director shall issue an identity card to each inspector, other
than a member of the Police Force.
(2) The identity card shall:
(a) contain a recent photograph of the inspector; and
(b) be signed by the inspector.
(3) A person who ceases to be an inspector shall, as soon as
practicable after ceasing to be an inspector, return to the Director
the identity card issued to him or her, unless the person has a
reasonable excuse for not returning it.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
37 Production of inspector's identity card
(1) An inspector, other than a member of the Police Force, may
exercise a power under this Act in relation to a person only if the
inspector first produces or displays the inspector's identity card for
inspection by the person.
(2) If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1),
the inspector shall produce the identity card for inspection by the
person at the first reasonable opportunity.
38 Entry of place by inspector
An inspector may enter a place if:
(a) the occupier of the place consents to the entry; or
(b) it is a public place and the entry is made when the place is
open to the public.
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39 Inspector's general powers in a place
(1) After entering a place under section 38, an inspector may exercise
a power specified in subsection (2) only if the occupier of the place
consents to the exercise of the power.
(2) The inspector may:
(a) search any part of the place;
(b) seize a thing if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds
that:
(i) the thing is evidence of the commission of an offence
against this Act; and
(ii) the seizure is necessary to prevent:
(A) the concealment, loss or destruction of the thing; or
(B) the use of the thing in committing, continuing or
repeating an offence against this Act;
(c) inspect, examine, photograph or film anything in or on the
place;
(d) take extracts from, or make copies of, any documents in or on
the place; or
(e) take into or onto the place any person, equipment and
materials that the inspector reasonably requires for the
purpose of exercising any powers in relation to the place.
40 Procedure after thing seized
(1) As soon as practicable after a thing is seized by an inspector under
section 39, the inspector shall give a receipt for it to the person from
whom it was seized.
(2) The inspector shall allow a person who would be entitled to the
seized thing if it were not in the inspector's possession:
(a) to inspect it; or
(b) if it is a document – to take extracts from it or make copies of
it.
(3) The inspector shall return the seized thing to the person at the end
of:
(a) 6 months; or
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(b) if a prosecution for an offence involving it is commenced within
6 months – the proceeding for the offence and any appeal
from the proceeding.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the inspector shall return the seized
thing to the person if the inspector is satisfied that:
(a) its retention as evidence is no longer necessary; and
(b) its return is not likely to result in its use in repeating the
offence.
41 Power to require name and address
(1) An inspector may require a person to state the person's name and
address if the inspector:
(a) finds the person committing an offence against this Act; or
(b) finds the person in circumstances that lead, or has information
that leads, the inspector to suspect on reasonable grounds
that the person has recently committed an offence against this
Act.
(2) When making the requirement, the inspector shall warn the person
that it is an offence to fail to state the person's name and address,
unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(3) The inspector may require the person to give evidence of the
correctness of the person's name or address if the inspector
suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the name or address given
is false.
(4) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with
an inspector's requirement under subsection (1).
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 20 penalty units.
In the case of a body corporate – 100 penalty units.
42 Power to require information from certain persons
(1) If an inspector suspects, on reasonable grounds, that a
contravention of this Act has occurred, the inspector may require
any of the following persons to give information about the
contravention:
(a) a person who was a security provider at a time relevant to the
contravention (a relevant time);
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(b) a person who had directly or indirectly engaged a security
provider at a relevant time;
(c) a person who was an employee of a person specified in
paragraph (a) or (b) at a relevant time.
(2) When making the requirement, the inspector shall warn the person
that it is an offence to fail to give the information unless the person
has a reasonable excuse.
(3) The person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with
a requirement under subsection (1).
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 20 penalty units.
In the case of a body corporate – 100 penalty units.
(4) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to give information if
giving the information might tend to incriminate the person.
43 False or misleading information
(1) A person shall not:
(a) state anything to an inspector that the person knows is false or
misleading in a material particular; or
(b) omit from a statement made to an inspector anything without
which the statement is, to the person's knowledge, misleading
in a material particular.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units or
imprisonment for 6 months.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(2) A complaint against a person for an offence against
subsection (1)(a) or (b) is sufficient if it states the statement made
was false or misleading to the person's knowledge.
44 Power to require production of documents
(1) An inspector may require a person to produce to the inspector, for
inspection, a document required to be held or kept by the person
under this Act.
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(2) A person required to produce a document under subsection (1)
shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to produce the document.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units or
imprisonment for 6 months.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(3) The inspector may keep a document that is produced:
(a) to take an extract from the document; or
(b) to make a copy of the document.
(4) The inspector shall return the document to the person as soon as
practicable after taking the extract or making the copy.
45 False or misleading documents
(1) A person shall not give to the Director or an inspector a document
containing information the person knows is false, misleading or
incomplete in a material particular.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units or
imprisonment for 6 months.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the
document:
(a) informs the Director or inspector of the extent to which the
document is false, misleading or incomplete; and
(b) gives the correct information to the Director or inspector if the
person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
46 Obstruction of inspectors
A person shall not obstruct an inspector in the exercise of a power.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units or
imprisonment for 6 months.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
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47 Police to retain powers under other Acts for the purposes of
this Act
Nothing in this Act shall be taken to restrict in any way a power,
authority, right or privilege that a member of the Police Force may
have under any other Act or the law of the Territory.
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training
48 Codes of practice
(1) The Director may with the approval of the Minister, and shall if the
Minister so directs, prepare and submit to the Minister for
consideration a draft code of practice in respect of a category of
licence.
(2) For the purpose of preparing a draft code of practice, the Director
shall:
(a) arrange for consultation with, and invite submissions from,
such persons and organisations as, in the opinion of the
Director, would have an interest in the terms of the proposed
code; and
(b) give notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory that a
draft code is to be prepared and invite members of the public
to make written submissions as to what its terms should be.
(3) If the Director is satisfied that security providers, or a category of
security providers, have, in consultation with organisations
representing consumers and other interested persons, agreed to
abide by a particular code of practice in their dealings with or in
relation to consumers and the public, the Director may submit the
code to the Minister for consideration, together with any
recommendations by the Director with respect to amendments to
the code.
(4) The Minister may approve a code of practice in respect of a
category of licence.
(5) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after approving a code of
practice under subsection (4), give notice of the approval in the
Gazette, specifying where the code may be viewed or purchased.
(6) A code of practice comes into operation on the date on which the
relevant notice is published in the Gazette under subsection (5), or,
where a later date is specified in the notice, that date.
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(7) The Director shall make copies of codes of practice available for
viewing and purchase by the public.
49 Undertakings by persons contravening code
(1) Where it appears to the Director that a person has carried on
business in contravention of a code of practice approved by the
Minister under section 48 and applicable to the person, the Director
may request the person to execute within a specified time a deed in
terms approved by the Director under which the person gives
undertakings as to:
(a) discontinuance of the conduct;
(b) future compliance with the code of practice; and
(c) the action the person will take to rectify the consequences of
the contravention,
or any of those matters.
(2) A person who fails to observe an undertaking given in a deed
executed under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units or
imprisonment for 6 months.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
50 Registers of undertakings
(1) The Director shall maintain in such form as the Director thinks fit
registers of undertakings given pursuant to section 49(1).
(2) Where a person executes a deed containing undertakings pursuant
to section 49(1), the Director shall:
(a) retain the deed and enter in a register of undertakings the
prescribed particulars with respect to the deed; and
(b) give a copy of the deed to the person who executed it.
(3) A register of undertakings may, at any reasonable time, be
inspected by any person free of charge.
51 Orders by Tribunal where undertaking refused or breached
(1) Where a person fails to comply with a request by the Director for
the giving of an undertaking under section 49(1), the Tribunal may,
on the application of the Director or any other person, and on being
satisfied that there were grounds for requesting the undertaking,
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order the first-mentioned person:
(a) to act in a manner that would have been required; or
(b) to refrain from acting in a manner that would have been
prohibited,
by the undertaking if it had been given.
(2) Where, on the application of the Director or any other person, the
Tribunal is satisfied that a person has failed to observe an
undertaking given by that person under section 49(1), the Tribunal
may make an order under subsection (3).
(3) The Tribunal may order the person by whom the undertaking was
given:
(a) to observe the undertaking; and
(b) in the case of an undertaking to rectify the consequences of a
contravention of a code of practice – to observe the
undertaking within a time specified in the order.
(4) Where:
(a) the failure on which an application under subsection (1) or (2)
is based is a failure by a body corporate; and
(b) the Tribunal is satisfied that the failure occurred with the
consent or connivance of a person who, at the time of the
failure, was a director of the body corporate or a person
otherwise concerned in its management,
the Tribunal may, in addition to any other order, make an order
under subsection (5).
(5) The Tribunal may, in a case falling within subsection (4), make an
order prohibiting the person from:
(a) continuing to consent to, or connive at, the failure; or
(b) consenting to, or conniving at, a like failure by any other body
corporate of which the person is a director or in the
management of which the person is concerned.
(6) An order under this section may be made subject to such conditions
(whether as to the duration of the order or otherwise) as the
Tribunal thinks fit including:
(a) conditions as to the future conduct of the person affected; and
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(b) conditions specifying the action to be taken by the person to
rectify the consequences of the failure the subject of the
application under this section.
(7) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with an order under
this section is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units or
imprisonment for 6 months.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
52 Variation and discharge of orders
The Tribunal may on the application of the Director vary or
discharge an order made under section 51.
53 Competency standards and training
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may approve:
(a) competency standards; and
(b) the training required for the attainment of competency
standards,
in respect of a category of licence.
(2) The Minister must not approve under subsection (1) competency
standards and training in respect of a category of licence unless he
or she has received advice from the Director under subsection (2A)
regarding the competency standards and training required to attain
competency standards in respect of the category of licence.
(2A) For subsection (2), the Director:
(a) must consult regarding suitable competency standards and
training required to attain competency standards in respect of
a category of licence with persons who have interests
sufficiently connected with competency standards and training
in respect of the category of licence; and
(b) having completed the consultation under paragraph (a), must
advise the Minister as to competency standards and training
required to attain competency standards in respect of the
category of licence.
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(3) A Minister shall, as soon as practicable after approving a
competency standard or training under subsection (1), give notice
of the approval in the Gazette, specifying where copies of
instruments to which the approval relates may be viewed or
purchased.
(4) The Director shall make copies of the instruments to which
approvals under subsection (1) relate available for viewing and
purchase by the public.
Part 6A Complaints
53A Person may make complaint about security provider
(1) A person may make a complaint regarding any matter arising out of
the conduct or operations of a security provider.
(2) A complaint is to:
(a) be in writing in the approved form;
(b) set out the grounds on which the complaint is made and the
facts relied on by the person to constitute the grounds;
(c) be signed by the person making it; and
(d) be lodged with the Director.
53B Opportunity to be given to security provider to reply to
complaint
If a complaint is made under section 53A, the Director must inform
the security provider of the complaint and must give the security
provider sufficient opportunity to provide a written reply to the
complaint.
53C Consideration and decision of Director
(1) The Director must consider each complaint received under
section 53A, taking into account the written reply of the licensee (if
any) and any other matter the Director considers relevant.
(2) The Director must consider each complaint in a manner that is fair
and expeditious and gives proper consideration to the issues.
(3) For subsection (2), the Director:
(a) may conduct the investigations regarding the complaint that
the Director thinks appropriate; and
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(b) may require or, if requested to do so by the security provider,
must permit the security provider to make submissions or
answer questions regarding the complaint.
53D Determination of complaint
(1) After considering and investigating a complaint under section 53C,
the Director must make a determination:
(a) that, in the Director's opinion, the complaint is of a frivolous,
irrelevant or malicious nature, or that the complaint does not
set out facts and circumstances that are sufficient grounds on
which to base a complaint, and dismiss the complaint;
(b) that no further action is warranted;
(c) to reprimand the security provider;
(d) to fine the security provider an amount not exceeding the
prescribed amount;
(e) to impose conditions on or vary the conditions of the security
provider's licence;
(f) to suspend the security provider's licence; or
(g) to cancel the security provider's licence.
(2) As soon as practicable after making the determination, the Director
must give a decision notice for the decision to make the
determination to the person who made the complaint and the
security provider against whom the complaint was made.
(4) A fine imposed under subsection (1)(d) is recoverable as a debt
due and payable by the licensee to the authority.
Part 6B Review of decisions
53E Definitions
In this Part:
affected person, for a reviewable decision, see the Schedule.
delegate decision means a reviewable decision that is made by a
delegate of the Director.
reviewable decision, see the Schedule.
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53F Notice of delegate decision
(1) As soon as practicable after making a delegate decision, a delegate
of the Director must give written notice of the decision to each
affected person.
(2) The notice must state the following:
(a) the delegate decision and the reasons for it;
(b) that the affected person may apply for a review of the decision
under section 53G;
(c) the period allowed for applying for a review.
53G Application for review
(1) An affected person for a delegate decision may apply to the
Director for a review of the decision.
(2) The application must be made:
(a) within 28 days after written notice of the delegate decision is
given to the affected person; or
(b) by any later date allowed by the Director.
(3) The application must:
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) be accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation; and
(c) state the grounds on which it is made and the facts relied on
to establish the grounds.
53GA Effect of application on delegate decision
(1) The making of the application does not stay the operation of the
delegate decision.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Director may stay the operation of the
delegate decision pending completion of the review.
53GB Director to consider application
(1) On receipt of the application, the Director must review the delegate
decision.
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(2) Despite subsection (1), if satisfied the application is frivolous or
vexatious, the Director may reject the application without reviewing
the delegate decision.
53GC Conducting and deciding review
(1) In reviewing the delegate decision, the Director must:
(a) take into account any matter that this Act requires the Director
to take into account in reviewing the decision; and
(b) follow the procedures for review determined by the Director;
and
(c) comply with the rules of natural justice.
(2) After reviewing the delegate decision, the Director must:
(a) affirm the decision; or
(b) vary the decision; or
(c) set aside the decision and substitute a new decision.
53GD Notice of decision on review
(1) As soon as practicable after making a decision under
section 53GC, the Director must give written notice of the decision
to the following persons:
(a) the applicant;
(b) any other affected person.
(2) The notice must state the following:
(a) the Director's decision and the reasons for it;
(b) details of any right the person has under this Act to apply for a
review of, or to appeal, the Director's decision.
53GE Application to Tribunal for review of Director's decision
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an affected person for a reviewable
decision may apply to the Tribunal for review of the decision.
(2) An affected person may only apply to the Tribunal once the person
has exhausted any other available avenue of review under this
Division.
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(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to:
(a) a decision under section 18 to refuse to grant a licence on the
ground that the applicant is not an appropriate person to hold
the licence under section 15(7); or
(b) a decision prescribed by regulation.
(4) For subsection (3)(b), a regulation may not prescribe a decision
specified in the Schedule.
53H Licence refused because of disqualifying offence
(1) This section applies if:
(a) a person (the applicant) applies for a licence; and
(b) the applicant is not an appropriate person to hold a licence
because the applicant has been convicted of an offence
mentioned in section 15(7); and
(c) the Director or a delegate of the Director refuses to grant the
licence on that ground; and
(d) the applicant applies to the Tribunal for a review of the
decision.
(2) On the review of the decision, the Tribunal may set aside the
decision and substitute its own decision to grant a licence to the
applicant despite section 15(7).
(3) The Tribunal may do so only if satisfied, on the balance of
probabilities, that the applicant is a suitable person to be granted
the licence despite the conviction.
(4) To avoid doubt, the Tribunal may grant the licence even though the
Director or a delegate of the Director, in deciding the application,
could not have done so because of section 15(7).
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54 Identification to be worn by crowd controller
When acting as a crowd controller, a licensed crowd controller shall
wear such identification, if any, as is prescribed, so that the
identification is clearly visible.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
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55 Liability for security provider's actions
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a person (an employer) employs
a security provider (other than a security firm) for the purposes of
providing security services, the employer is responsible, in tort and
in contract, for anything done, or not done, by the security provider:
(a) within the scope of the security provider's authority; or
(b) for the benefit, or for the purported or intended benefit, of the
employer or the employer's business.
(2) Where:
(a) the service of the security provider is provided to the employer
on behalf of a security firm; or
(b) a security firm receives, whether directly or indirectly, reward
for the provision of the services of the security provider to the
employer,
the security firm, and not the employer, is responsible, in tort and in
contract, for anything done, or not done, by the security provider:
(c) within the scope of the security provider's authority; or
(d) for the benefit, or for the purported or intended benefit, of the
employer or the employer's business.
(3) Where a crowd controller or a security officer commits an offence
against this Act, the employer of the person at the time of the
offence is, in addition to the crowd controller or security officer,
deemed to have committed the offence.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) a security firm is deemed to be
the employer of a security provider, to the exclusion of any other
person, if:
(a) the service of the security provider is provided on behalf of
that security firm; or
(b) if the security firm receives, whether directly or indirectly,
reward for the provision of those services by the security
provider.
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56 Employers to keep incident registers
(1) Subject to this section, the employer of a crowd controller shall
ensure that a register of crowd controllers, containing accurate
records of prescribed information, is kept in a manner approved by
the Director.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(2) For the purposes of this section, where a security firm provides the
services of a crowd controller to a person, body or authority, the
person, body or authority is deemed to be the employer of the
crowd controller.
(3) An employer who:
(a) uses the services of a crowd controller less than once every
6 months; and
(b) sends a report, containing the information prescribed for
subsection (1), to the Director within 14 days after the
provision of services to the employer by a crowd controller,
is not required to keep a register under subsection (1).
(4) An employer shall permit inspectors to examine the register kept
under subsection (1).
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
57 Person not to hire crowd controller with disqualifying offence
(1) A person (the employer) shall not engage another person to carry
out the functions of a crowd controller if the employer knows, or
ought reasonably be expected to know, that the person has been
convicted of a disqualifying offence other than an excused
conviction.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person – 100 penalty units.
In the case of a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(2) If the Tribunal has previously granted a licence to a person under
section 53H despite the person having been convicted of a
disqualifying offence, that conviction is an excused conviction for
subsection (1).
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58 Confidentiality of information
(1) A person shall not disclose, use or record information gained by the
person through involvement in the administration or enforcement of
this Act.
Penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
(a) an act done for the purposes of this Act;
(b) disclosure of information to the Commissioner of Police;
(c) disclosure of information ordered by a court or tribunal for a
proceeding before it; or
(d) disclosure of information under the Regulations or another
Act.
(3) A person gains information through involvement in the
administration of this Act if the person gains the information in the
course of, or because of an opportunity provided by, the
involvement.
(4) The following persons are taken to be involved in the administration
of this Act:
(a) the Director;
(b) officers and employees of the Agency allocated primary
responsibility for the administration of this Act in accordance
with the Administrative Arrangements Order;
(c) inspectors.
59 Protection from liability
(1) In this section official means:
(a) the Director; or
(b) an inspector; or
(c) a person acting under the direction of an inspector.
(2) An official does not incur civil liability for an act or omission done
honestly and without negligence under this Act.
(3) A liability that would, apart from this section, attach to an official
attaches instead to the Territory.
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(4) This section has effect subject to Part VIIA of the Police
Administration Act 1978 to the extent it relates to the civil liability of
an inspector who is a member of the Police Force.
60 Evidentiary provisions
(1) This section applies to any proceeding under this Act.
(2) Unless a party, by reasonable notice, requires proof of:
(a) the appointment of an inspector; or
(b) the authority of an inspector to do anything under this Act,
the appointment or authority shall be presumed.
(3) A signature purporting to be the signature of the Director or an
inspector is evidence of the signature it purports to be.
(4) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Director and stating any
of the following matters is evidence of the matter:
(a) that a specified document is a licence or copy of a licence
issued under this Act;
(b) that on a specified day, or during a specified period, a person
was or was not a licensee or a specified type of licensee;
(c) that a licence:
(i) was or was not issued for a specified term;
(ii) was or was not in force on a specified day or during a
specified period; or
(iii) was or was not subject to conditions or a specified
condition; or
(d) that a document is a copy of a record kept under this Act.
61 Approved forms
The Director may approve forms for this Act.
65 Exemptions
Subject to any regulations made for the purposes of
section 66(2)(h), the Director may, by notice in the Gazette, exempt
a person, a class of persons or a category of activities from the
operation of all or any provision of this Act or the Regulations,
subject to such conditions, if any, as the Director specifies in the
Part 7 General
Private Security Act 1995 39
notice.
66 Regulations
(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
giving effect to this Act.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Regulations
may:
(a) provide that a security provider need not hold the appropriate
licence for a specified type of activity, event or place,
notwithstanding section 13;
(b) authorise the Director to approve that a crowd controller or
security officer need not hold the appropriate licence for a
specified activity, event or place, notwithstanding section 13;
(c) set the fees payable under this Act;
(d) prescribe offences for contraventions of a regulation and fix a
maximum penalty of not more 100 penalty units for a
contravention;
(da) provide for the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a
penalty that may otherwise be imposed for an offence against
this Act or the Regulations and for the service of an
infringement notice within the meaning of the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 on a person alleged to have
committed the offence and the particulars to be included in the
notice;
(e) regulate the conduct of security providers;
(f) provide for licensed corporations and partnerships, including,
for example:
(i) dealing with changes to the composition or control of
corporations and partnerships; and
(ii) imposing duties on particular persons to ensure the
corporation or partnership complies with this Act and
requiring proof of compliance;
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(g) determine that before a licence is granted a surety, on such
terms and conditions as are specified in the Regulations, shall
be required from the applicant, being a surety of an amount,
specified in the Regulations, not greater than $10,000;
(h) prescribe classes of persons, or categories of activities, in
relation to which an exemption of a provision or all provisions
may not be granted under section 65, or the conditions subject
to which such an exemption may be granted;
(j) prescribe methods of service of documents or the provision of
notice under this Act; and
(k) prescribe the information, including fingerprints, to be provided
by an applicant for the grant or renewal of a licence.
Part 8 Transitional matters for Licensing (Director-
General) Act 2014
Division 1 Definitions
67 Definitions
In this Part:
2014 Acts means the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014 and
2014 Amending Act.
2014 Amending Act means the Licensing (Repeals and
Consequential Amendments) Act 2014.
commencement means the commencement of section 22 of the
Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014.
licensing authority means the licensing authority as defined in
section 3 as in force immediately before the commencement.
NTLC Act means the Northern Territory Licensing Commission
Act 1999 as in force immediately before the commencement.
old legislation means the NTLC Act and this Act, as in force
immediately before the commencement.
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Private Security Act 1995 41
Division 2 Applications
68 Application to licensing authority – not yet considered
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) an application had been made under this Act for a decision to
be made by the licensing authority; but
(b) the licensing authority had not commenced active
consideration of the application.
(2) The application:
(a) is taken to be an application made on the commencement for
the decision to be made by the Director-General; and
(b) must be dealt with and determined in accordance with this Act
as amended by the 2014 Amending Act.
Note for section 68
The Director-General's decision on the application will be a decision made after
the commencement and may therefore be a reviewable decision or a decision to
which Part 3 of the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014 applies.
69 Application to licensing authority – under active consideration
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) an application had been made under this Act for a decision to
be made by the licensing authority and the licensing authority
had commenced active consideration of the application; but
(b) the licensing authority had not made a decision.
(2) The licensing authority must deal with and determine the
application in accordance with the old legislation as if the 2014 Acts
had not commenced.
(3) However, the licensing authority's decision is then taken to have
been made by the Director-General.
Note for section 69(3)
As the decision will be made after the commencement and will be taken to be a
decision of the Director-General, it may be a reviewable decision.
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Private Security Act 1995 42
Division 3 Review of decisions and appeals
70 New review regime applies to post-commencement decisions
Part 6B applies only in relation to decisions made after the
commencement.
71 Appeal against pre-commencement decision – appeal not yet
commenced
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) a decision had been made under this Act and the period for
filing a notice of appeal against the decision under section 30,
as then in force, had not expired; but
(b) a notice of appeal had not been filed.
(2) A person who would have been entitled to appeal against the
decision under the old legislation may do so under the old
legislation, as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.
(3) The Local Court must hear and determine the appeal in accordance
with the old legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.
72 Appeal against pre-commencement decision – appeal
commenced
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) an appeal against a decision made under this Act had been
commenced under section 31, as then in force; but
(b) the appeal had not been finally determined.
(2) The Local Court must hear and determine the appeal in accordance
with the old legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.
Division 4 Complaints
73 New complaints regime applies to post-commencement
complaints
Subject to section 74, Part 6A, as amended by the 2014 Amending
Act, applies only in relation to complaints made after the
commencement.
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74 Complaint made before commencement – not yet considered
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) a complaint had been made under section 53A, as then in
force; but
(b) the licensing authority had not commenced active
consideration of the complaint.
(2) The complaint:
(a) is taken to have been made to the Director-General on the
commencement; and
(b) must be dealt with and determined in accordance with Part 6A
as amended by the 2014 Amending Act.
Note for section 74
The Director-General's decision on the complaint will be a decision made after
the commencement and may therefore be a reviewable decision or a decision to
which Part 3 of the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014 applies.
75 Complaint made before commencement – under active
consideration
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) the licensing authority had commenced active consideration of
a complaint made under section 53A, as then in force; but
(b) the licensing authority had not determined the complaint under
section 53D, as then in force.
(2) The licensing authority must deal with and determine the complaint
in accordance with the old legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not
commenced.
(3) If the licensing authority determines a complaint as mentioned in
subsection (2):
(a) section 76 applies in relation to the licensing authority's
decision as if it had been made before the commencement;
and
(b) Part 6B does not apply in relation to the determination.
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Division 5 General matters
Private Security Act 1995 44
76 Review of pre-commencement complaint decision –
application not yet made
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) the licensing authority had made a decision under
section 53D, as then in force, and the period for applying for a
review of the decision under Part 4 of the NTLC Act had not
expired; but
(b) an application for a review of the decision had not been made.
Note for subsection (1)
Under section 53E, as in force immediately before the commencement, a
decision of the licensing authority under section 53D was reviewable under Part 4
of the NTLC Act.
(2) A person who would have been entitled to apply for a review of the
decision under the old legislation may do so under the old
legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.
(3) The licensing authority must review the decision in accordance with
the old legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.
77 Review of pre-commencement complaint decision –
application made
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) an application had been made under section 28 of the NTLC
Act for a review of a decision made under section 53D, as
then in force; but
(b) the licensing authority had not completed the review.
(2) The licensing authority must complete the review in accordance
with the old legislation as if the 2014 Acts had not commenced.
Division 5 General matters
78 Continuation of ongoing documents and things
(1) This section applies if:
(a) before the commencement, a power or function was conferred
by this Act on the licensing authority; and
(b) on the commencement, the power or function (or a
substantially similar power or function) is conferred on the
Director-General.
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Private Security Act 1995 45
(2) On the commencement, an ongoing document continues with the
same force and effect as if it had been issued by, or given to, the
Director-General.
(3) On the commencement, an ongoing thing continues with the same
force and effect as if it had been done by, or in relation to, the
Director-General.
(4) This section applies subject to the other provisions of this Part and
Part 5, Division 2 of the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014.
(5) In this section, a reference to something done before the
commencement includes a reference to something done after the
commencement in accordance with this Part as if it had been done
before the commencement.
(6) In this section:
ongoing document means a document that:
(a) was issued by, or given to, the licensing authority before the
commencement in or for the exercise of the power or
performance of the function; and
(b) immediately before the commencement, had ongoing effect.
ongoing thing means a thing that:
(a) was done by, or in relation to, the licensing authority before
the commencement in or for the exercise of the power or
performance of the function; and
(b) immediately before the commencement, had ongoing effect.
79 Active consideration
Regulations may make provision for determining when active
consideration of:
(a) an application commences for Division 2; or
(b) a complaint commences for Division 4.
80 Licence issued despite disqualifying offence
A reference in section 15(7A) or 57(2) to a licence issued by the
Tribunal under section 53H includes a reference to a licence issued
before the commencement by the Local Court under section 34(4),
as then in force.
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Part 9 Transitional matters for Licensing
(Director-General) Repeal Act 2020
81 Definitions
In this Part:
commencement means the commencement of section 3 of the
Licensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020.
Director-General means the Director-General of Licensing
appointed under the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014 before
its repeal.
repealed Act means the Licensing (Director-General) Act 2014.
82 Applications to be decided by Director
If an application is made to the Director-General for a decision to be
made under this Act but the decision is not made before the
commencement, the application must be decided by the Director as
if it was made to the Director.
83 Director to complete delegate decision reviews
If an application is made to the Director-General for a review under
Part 3 of the repealed Act of a delegate decision made under this
Act, but the review is not completed before the commencement, the
review must be conducted by the Director as if the application was
made to the Director.
84 Continuation of instruments, appointments, documents etc.
(1) A statutory instrument or other instrument, an appointment, an
approved form or any other document made or issued by the
Director-General under this Act or the repealed Act before the
commencement continues in force and is taken after the
commencement to have been made or issued by the Director.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a delegation by the Director-General
under this Act or the repealed Act in force immediately before the
commencement is taken after the commencement to be a
delegation by the Director and continues in force until amended or
revoked under this Act.
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Private Security Act 1995 47
85 Suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew
If the Director-General gives a licensee a show cause notice under
section 27 before the commencement, the Director may take any
other action or make any decision under that section after the
commencement as if the Director had given the notice.
Schedule Reviewable decisions and affected persons
Private Security Act 1995 48
Schedule Reviewable decisions and affected persons
section 53E
Section Decision Affected person
18 Decision to refuse to grant licence Applicant
19 Decision to impose condition on licence Applicant
20(2) Decision to amend conditions on licence Licensee
20(2C) Decision to refuse to amend conditions
on licence
Licensee
23(4) Decision not to extend period of
provisional licence
Holder of licence
25 Decision to refuse to replace licence Licensee
27(2) Decision to suspend, cancel, or refuse to
renew licence or to impose penalty
Licensee
53D Decision to determine complaint Licensee
ENDNOTES
Private Security Act 1995 49
ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
bl = by-law om = omitted
ch = Chapter pt = Part
div = Division r = regulation/rule
exp = expires/expired renum = renumbered
f = forms rep = repealed
Gaz = Gazette s = section
hdg = heading sch = Schedule
ins = inserted sdiv = Subdivision
lt = long title SL = Subordinate Legislation
N/C = not commenced sub = substituted
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Private Security Act 1995 (Act No. 59, 1995)
Assent date 28 December 1995
Commenced s 13: 1 March 1996 (Gaz G7, 14 February 1996, p 4);
rem: 28 December 1995 (s 2(1))
Private Security Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 71, 1999)
Assent date 17 December 1999
Commenced 14 February 2000 (s 2, s 2 Northern Territory Licensing
Commission Act 1999 (Act No. 67, 1999) and Gaz G5,
9 February 2000, p 6)
Private Security Amendment Act 2003 (Act No. 16, 2003)
Assent date 29 May 2003
Commenced 5 November 2003 (Gaz G44, 5 November 2003, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2004 (Act No. 54, 2004)
Assent date 15 September 2004
Commenced 27 October 2004 (Gaz G43, 27 October 2004, p 3)
Police Administration Amendment (Powers and Liability) Act 2005 (Act No. 11, 2005)
Assent date 17 March 2005
Commenced 20 April 2005 (Gaz G16, 20 April 2005, p 5)
Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Act No. 4, 2007)
Assent date 8 March 2007
Commenced 8 March 2007
Personal Property Securities (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010
(Act No. 30, 2010)
Assent date 9 September 2010
Commenced ss 58 to 60: 30 January 2012 (S 2, 24 January 2012);
rem: 25 November 2011 (Gaz,S68, 25 November 2011)
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date 12 July 2013
Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
ENDNOTES
Private Security Act 1995 50
Licensing (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 44, 2014)
Assent date 5 December 2014
Commenced 1 January 2015 (Gaz S130, 19 December 2014, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2017 (Act No. 4, 2017)
Assent date 10 March 2017
Commenced 12 April 2017 (Gaz G15, 12 April 2017, p 3)
Statute Law Revision Act 2018 (Act No. 10, 2018)
Assent date 23 May 2018
Commenced 20 June 2018 (Gaz S41, 20 June 2018)
Liquor Act 2019 (Act No. 29, 2019)
Assent date 3 September 2019
Commenced 1 October 2019 (Gaz G39, 25 September 2019, p 2)
Licensing (Director-General) Repeal Act 2020 (Act No. 4, 2020)
Assent date 9 March 2020
Commenced 14 April 2020 (Gaz G13, 1 April 2020, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2020 (Act No. 26, 2020)
Assent date 19 November 2020
Commenced 20 November 2020 (s 2)
Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2022 (Act No. 5,
2022)
Assent date 14 April 2022
Commenced pt 7: 25 May 2023 (Gaz G11, 25 May 2023, p 2);
rem: 25 May 2022 (Gaz G21, 25 May 2022, p 1)
Trade, Business and Asian Relations Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Licensing
Schemes and Other Matters) Act 2026 (Act No. 2, 2026)
Assent date 9 February 2026
Commenced 10 February 2026 (s 2)
3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
ss 6 and 7 Private Security Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 71, 1999)
4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 16, 26, 53E,
53F, 53G, 53J, 59, 66, 67, 68, 74 and 78.
5 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
s 3 amd No. 71, 1999, s 4; No. 16, 2003, s 4; No. 4, 2007, s 2; No. 44, 2014,
s 91; No. 29, 2019, s 396; No. 4, 2020, s 38; No. 26, 2020, s 3; No. 5, 2022,
s 123
s 5 amd No. 29, 2019, s 397
s 6 amd No. 16, 2003, s 5
s 7 amd No. 5, 2022, s 124
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Private Security Act 1995 51
s 8 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 39
pt 1A hdg ins No. 4, 2020, s 40
s 10 rep No. 71, 1999, s 5
ins No. 4, 2020, s 40
ss 10A – 10B ins No. 4, 2020, s 40
pt 2 hdg amd No. 44, 2014, s 103
s 11 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 40
s 12 rep No. 71, 1999, s 5
ins No. 5, 2022, s 125
s 12A ins No. 5, 2022, s 125
s 13 amd No. 16, 2003, s 6
s 14 amd No. 16, 2003, s 7; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49; No. 5, 2022,
s 126
s 15 amd No. 16, 2003, s 8; No. 44, 2014, s 92; No. 10, 2018, s 6; No. 4, 2020,
s 49
s 16 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 17 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49; No. 5, 2022, s 127
s 18 amd No. 16, 2003, s 9; No. 54, 2004, s 7; No. 44, 2014, s 93; No. 4, 2020,
s 49
s 19 amd No. 16, 2003, s 10; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 20 amd No. 16, 2003, s 11; No. 44, 2014, s 94; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 21 amd No. 16, 2003, s 12; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 22 amd No. 16, 2003, s 13
s 23 amd No. 16, 2003, s 14; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 24 sub No. 16, 2003, s 15
amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 2, 2026, s 33
s 25 amd No. 16, 2003, s 16; No. 44, 2014, s 95; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 25A ins No. 30, 2010, s 45
s 27 amd No. 54, 2004, s 7; No. 23, 2013, s 6; No. 44, 2014, s 96; No. 4, 2020,
s 49
s 28 amd No. 16, 2003, s 17; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 29 amd No. 16, 2003, s 18; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
ss 30 – 34 rep No. 44, 2014, s 97
s 35 amd No. 16, 2003, s 19; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 36 amd No. 16, 2003, s 20; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 41 amd No. 16, 2003, s 21
s 42 amd No. 16, 2003, s 22
s 43 amd No. 16, 2003, s 23
s 44 amd No. 16, 2003, s 24
s 45 amd No. 16, 2003, s 25; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 46 amd No. 16, 2003, s 26
s 48 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 49 amd No. 16, 2003, s 27; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 50 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 51 amd No. 16, 2003, s 28; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 52 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 53 amd No. 16, 2003, s 29; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
pt 6A hdg ins No. 16, 2003, s 30
ss 53A – 53C ins No. 16, 2003, s 30
amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 53D ins No. 16, 2003, s 30
amd No. 44, 2014, s 98; No. 4, 2020, s 49
pt 6B hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 99
s 53E ins No. 16, 2003, s 30
sub No. 44, 2014, s 99; No. 4, 2020, s 42
ss 53F – 53G ins No. 44, 2014, s 99
sub No. 4, 2020, s 42
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Private Security Act 1995 52
ss 53GA –
53GE ins No. 4, 2020, s 42
s 53H ins No. 44, 2014, s 99
amd No. 4, 2020, s 43
s 53J ins No. 44, 2014, s 99
rep No. 4, 2020, s 44
s 54 amd No. 16, 2003, s 31
s 56 amd No. 16, 2003, s 32; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2017, s 34; No. 4, 2020,
s 49
s 57 amd No. 16, 2003, s 33; No. 44, 2014, s 100
s 58 amd No. 16, 2003, s 34; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 59 amd No. 11, 2005, s 24; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 45
s 60 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 61 sub No. 44, 2014, s 101
amd No. 4, 2020, s 46
ss 62 – 64 rep No. 16, 2003, s 35
s 65 amd No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
s 66 amd No. 16, 2003, s 36; No. 44, 2014, s 103; No. 4, 2020, s 49
pt 8 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
pt 8
div 1 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
s 67 ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
pt 8
div 2 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
ss 68 – 69 ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
pt 8
div 3 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
ss 70 – 72 ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
pt 8
div 4 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
ss 73 – 77 ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
pt 8
div 5 hdg ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
ss 78 – 80 ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
pt 9 hdg ins No. 4, 2020, s 47
ss 81 – 85 ins No. 4, 2020, s 47
sch ins No. 44, 2014, s 102
amd No. 4, 2020, s 48