17Additional particular requirements for licence applications

17 Additional particular requirements for licence applications

S. 17(1) amended by No. 61/2010 s. 12(1)(a), substituted by No. 12/2024 s. 15.

(1) An application for a private security individual operator licence must be accompanied by—

(a) a full set of the applicant's fingerprints; and

(b) if the Chief Commissioner so requires, proof of the identity of the applicant in the form approved by the Chief Commissioner.

S. 17(2) amended by No. 61/2010 s. 12(1)(b), substituted by No. 12/2024 s. 15.

(2) An application for a private security business licence must be accompanied by—

(a) in the case of an application by a natural person—

(i) a full set of the applicant's fingerprints; and

(ii) if the Chief Commissioner so requires, proof of the identity of the applicant in the form approved by the Chief Commissioner; and

(iii) a statement setting out the name and the business, residential and postal address of any person who is a close associate of the applicant, that is signed by each close associate specified in the statement; and

(iv) if the Chief Commissioner so requires, proof of the identity of each person named in the statement in the form approved by the Chief Commissioner; and

(b) in the case of an application by a body corporate—

(i) a statement setting out the name and the business, residential and postal address of—

(A) the nominated person of the body corporate; and

(B) any other officers of the body corporate; and

(ii) a statement setting out the name and the business, residential and postal address of any person who is a close associate of the applicant, that is signed by each close associate specified in the statement; and

(iii) in the case of a person referred to in subparagraph (i)(A) or (B), a full set of the person's fingerprints if the Chief Commissioner so requires; and

(iv) in the case of a person referred to in subparagraph (ii), a full set of the person's fingerprints if the Chief Commissioner so requires.

S. 17(3) inserted by No. 61/2010 s. 12(2).

(3) The Chief Commissioner must destroy or cause to be destroyed any fingerprints provided under this section and any record, copy or photograph of them as soon as the Chief Commissioner has no further use for them.

S. 17(4) inserted by No. 61/2010 s. 12(2).

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the Chief Commissioner is to be considered to have no further use for fingerprints when—

(a) they were obtained in connection with an application for a private security licence and the application is refused; or