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Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002
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### 5A Deemed registration of licence holders
> [*\[Section 5A Inserted by No. 29 of 2022, s. 89, Applied:14 Dec 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-12-14/act-2022-029#GS89@EN)
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> > (1) In this section –
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> > > ***occupation*** has the meaning it has in section 4(1) of the *Mutual Recognition Act 1992* of the Commonwealth;
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> > > ***participating jurisdiction*** has the meaning it has in section 4(1) of the *Mutual Recognition Act 1992* of the Commonwealth.
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> > (2) A person who intends to undertake any commercial agent activities, crowd control agent activities, security agent activities, inquiry agent activities, commercial employee activities, crowd control employee activities or security employee activities in the State, in accordance with a licence held by the person by virtue of holding deemed registration, must notify the Director of the person’s entitlement to hold deemed registration before undertaking the activities.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (3) A notification under [subsection (2)](#GS5A@Gs2@EN) –
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> > > > (a) must be in a manner approved by the Director; and
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> > > > (b) must be in a form approved by the Director; and
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> > > > (c) is to contain any information that the Director considers necessary.
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> > (4) If there is a change in the information provided by a person in a notification to the Director under [subsection (2)](#GS5A@Gs2@EN) , the person must, as soon as practicable, in a form approved by the Director, notify the Director of the change.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (5) A person who holds a licence by virtue of holding deemed registration must not undertake any commercial agent activities, crowd control agent activities, security agent activities, inquiry agent activities, commercial employee activities, crowd control employee activities or security employee activities in the State unless the work is within the scope of the work that the person is authorised to carry out for that occupation in the relevant participating jurisdiction.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (6) If a person is found guilty of an offence against [subsection (2)](#GS5A@Gs2@EN) , [(4)](#GS5A@Gs4@EN) or [(5)](#GS5A@Gs5@EN) , the Director may –
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> > > > (a) suspend or cancel the deemed registration held by the holder of the licence; and
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> > > > (b) disqualify the person from holding a licence by virtue of holding deemed registration for a specified period or until the person fulfils a specified condition.