Security
General Information
Due to concerns about public safety, especially around licensed premises, the government has established the private security regulatory regime. This dictates that licences are required for crowd controllers, security officers and security firms.
In essence, private security officers and crowd controllers must meet a standard of probity. Private security officers and crowd controllers must have also successfully completed the appropriate competency-based training requirements in order to obtain a licence.
Regulations are underpinned by:
- Legislation (Private Security Act)
- Code of Practice
Current Officers
Changes to the Private Security Act
On 15 February 2006, amendments to the Private Security Regulations come into effect, reflecting the Government's intent to enhance the integrity of the private security industry while delivering better public safety outcomes and within a reasonable fee structure.
The amendments provide for a new schedule of fees, disqualifying offences concerning aggravated common assault, misuse of drugs, theft, firearms and dangerous weapons to regulate entry into the industry, and infringement notices for relatively minor breaches of the regulations such as licensees not wearing their identification numbers and other breaches of the Private Security Code of Conduct.
The scheduled fees have increased in line with the increased costs of licence issue, the first since the introduction of the Act in 1995. For further information on the changes to the Act please see:
- Private Security (Security Officer) Regulations
- Private Security (Crowd Controllers) Regulations
- Private Security (Security Firms) Regulations
- Private Security (Miscellaneous Matters) Regulations
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