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Security Industry Act 1997
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#### 10 Master licences
10 Master licences
> > (1) Master licences are to be classified into subclasses. Those subclasses, and the authority they confer, are as follows—
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> > > (a) class MA—authorises the holder, who is a self-employed individual and who holds a class 1 or class 2 licence, or both, to provide the holder’s services to carry on security activities,
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> > > (b) class MB—authorises the holder to provide no more than 3 persons on any one day to carry on security activities, each of whom must be the holder of a class 1 or class 2 licence,
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> > > (c) class MC—authorises the holder to provide no more than 14 persons on any one day to carry on security activities, each of whom must be the holder of a class 1 or class 2 licence,
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> > > (d) class MD—authorises the holder to provide no more than 49 persons on any one day to carry on security activities, each of whom must be the holder of a class 1 or class 2 licence,
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> > > (e) class ME—authorises the holder to provide an unlimited number of persons on any one day to carry on security activities, each of whom must be the holder of a class 1 or class 2 licence.
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> > (2) Each class of master licence also authorises the holder to carry on the security activities authorised under a class 2B licence.
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> > (3) (Repealed)
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> **s 10:** Am 1998 No 54, Sch 1.16 \[2\] \[3\]; 2005 No 63, Sch 1 \[12\]; 2008 No 113, Sch 1 \[3\]; 2012 No 49, Sch 1 \[17\] \[18\]; 2016 No 27, Sch 1.24 \[1\]; 2022 No 52, Sch 1\[10\]–\[14\]; 2025 No 60, Sch 2.1\[3\].