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Queensland regulation
This is a Queensland regulation (a set of detailed rules made under a parent law called the Security Providers Act) that governs how the security industry operates. It affects anyone who works in security, runs a security business, or engages security staff — including bouncers (crowd controllers), bodyguards, private investigators, security guards, security equipment installers, security advisers, and the firms that employ them.
Getting a licence: If you want to work as a security guard, bouncer, bodyguard, private investigator, security adviser, or equipment installer, you must prove who you are (identity documents), provide passport photos certified by someone who has known you for at least a year, and — for a full unrestricted licence — show you've completed an approved training course.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Security Providers Regulation 2008.
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Running a security firm: If you operate a security business, you must be licensed, can only trade under the name(s) on your licence, and must notify the government within 7 days if anything changes (your address, business name, criminal charges, etc.).
Keeping records (the biggest practical burden):
Bouncers' ID badges: Crowd controllers must wear a specific chest badge showing a unique number (at least 3cm tall) and the word 'SECURITY' — black on white. No two bouncers at the same venue can wear the same number.
The chequerboard hat rule: Security workers cannot wear or display a chequerboard-patterned hat while on duty (this avoids confusion with police uniforms).
Interstate monitoring services: Security firms based in another state that remotely monitor Queensland properties (e.g., alarm monitoring centres) are exempt from needing a Queensland licence, as long as they hold a valid licence in their home state and don't do anything else in Queensland.
Industry associations: Security industry associations that want government approval must be incorporated, financially viable, hold regular elections, provide genuine services to members, maintain a code of conduct, and undergo regular compliance audits of their members conducted by qualified accountants.