Queensland Consolidated Acts

SECURITY PROVIDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 6B

(1) A security equipment installer is a person who, for reward, installs, repairs, services or maintains security equipment.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person is not a security equipment installer merely because—

(a) the person—

(i) is an employee of a person who does not, for reward, install, repair, service or maintain security equipment; and

(ii) as an employee, installs, repairs, services or maintains the employer's security equipment; or

(b) the person—

(i) is an employee of a person who, for reward, installs, repairs, services or maintains security equipment; and

(ii) as an employee, installs, repairs, services or maintains the employer's security equipment; or

(c) the person carries out retail key cutting; or

(d) the person installs a basic security item in a building owned or occupied by the person; or

(e) the person installs a basic security item in a building owned or occupied by someone else during its construction, repair or renovation.

(3) In this section—

basic security item means—

(a) a portable safe weighing not more than 50kg; or

(b) a barrier security item; or

Example—

a security mesh door or window grille

(c) an electronic or mechanical lock used for basic household security; or

Example—

a door lock, window lock or padlock

(d) a motion sensor light that does not also activate an alarm.