1Purposes

1 Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

S. 1(a) amended by No. 12/2024 s. 4.

(a) to provide for the licensing of certain participants in the private security industry; and

(b) to otherwise regulate the private security industry for the purposes of ensuring public safety and peace; and

(c) to amend the Private Agents Act 1966; and

(d) to make consequential amendments to the Major Events (Crowd Management) Act 2003, the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Act 1985, the Firearms Act 1996, the Casino Control Act 1991, the Gaming Machine Control Act 1991, the Gaming No. 2 Act 1997 and the Gambling Regulation Act 2003.