Security Industry Regulation 2026
38Sign-on register
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38 Sign-on register
38 Sign-on register
(1) If the holder of a master licence provides one or more class 1 licensees to carry on security activities at particular premises on a recurrent basis, other than mobile patrol and cash in transit security activities, it is a Tier 2 condition of the master licence that the master licensee must keep a sign-on register for the premises.
(2) If a master licensee provides 3 or more class 1 licensees to carry on security activities at particular premises at the same time, other than mobile patrol and cash in transit security activities, it is a Tier 2 condition of the master licence that the master licensee must keep a sign-on register for the premises.
(3) If a class 1 licensee carries on security activities referred to in subsection (1) or (2), it is a Tier 2 condition of the class 1 licence that, on each day the class 1 licensee carries on security activities at the premises, the class 1 licensee must complete, in the approved way, the sign-on register kept by the master licensee at the premises before commencing, and immediately following ceasing, carrying on security activities.
(4) If a master licensee must keep a sign-on register at particular premises, it is a Tier 2 condition of the licence that the master licensee must take reasonable steps to ensure that each provided class 1 licensee who carries on security activities at the premises must complete, in the approved way, the sign-on register at the premises for each day on which the provided class 1 licensee carries on security activities.
(5) In this section—
sign-on register, in relation to a master licence that provides class 1 licensees to carry on security activities, means a register, in the approved way, that records—
(a) the class 1 licensee’s name, signature and licence number, and
(b) the day and time at which the class 1 licensee commenced carrying on security activities on that day, and
(c) the time, whether on the same day or the following day, at which the class 1 licensee ceased carrying on the security activities, and
(d) other particulars the Commissioner requires the holder of the master licence to record in the sign-on register by written notice given to the holder of the master licence or to holders of master licences generally by a notice placed on a website maintained by the Security Licensing and Enforcement Directorate.