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Security Industry Act 1997
39Master licensee not to provide unlicensed persons
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#### 39 Master licensee not to provide unlicensed persons
39 Master licensee not to provide unlicensed persons
> > (1) Without limiting the operation of section 30, the holder of a master licence must not provide any person to carry on any security activity if that person is not the holder of a licence that authorises the person to carry on a security activity of that kind.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) in the case of a corporation—1,000 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) in the case of an individual—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
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> > (2) It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under this section if the master licensee satisfies the court that the master licensee did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that the person provided by the master licensee did not hold a licence that authorised the person to carry on a security activity of the kind concerned.
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> **s 39:** Am 2005 No 63, Sch 1 \[66\]–\[68\]. Subst 2012 No 49, Sch 1 \[71\].