Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used  
   4.      Term used: employment  
   4A.     Term used: prohibited person  
   4B.     Term used: finding of guilt  
   5.      Police officers etc. not required to be licensed etc.  
   6.      Regulations may provide for exemptions

   PART 2 -- Administration  

   7.      Compliance and licensing officers  
   7A.     Cards to identify compliance and licensing officers  
   8.      Secrecy  
   8A.     Disclosure of exempted matter under Freedom of Information Act 1992  
   9.      Protection from liability  
   9A.     Delegation by Commissioner  
   10.     Commissioner to keep register of licences  
   10A.    Information relevant to section 79A may be given to holder of agent’s licence

   PART 3 -- Licensing of security activities

           Division 1 -- Definitions  

   11.     Term used: security agent  
   12.     Term used: security officer  
   13.     Term used: security consultant  
   14.     Term used: security installer  
   14A.    Term used: security bodyguard

           Division 2 -- Licensing and related requirements  

   15.     Security agents to be licensed  
   16.     Security officers to be licensed  
   17.     Security consultants to be licensed  
   18.     Security installers to be licensed  
   18A.    Security bodyguards to be licensed  
   19.     Security officers to be employed by security agent  
   20.     Unlicensed person not to be employed as security officer etc.  
   21.     Advertising

           Division 3 -- Authority to be in possession of firearms or batons  

   22.     Term used: possession  
   23.     Security officers, possession of firearms  
   24.     Endorsement for escort of money etc.  
   25.     Permits for particular occasions  
   26.     Security officers, possession of batons

   PART 4 -- Licensing of inquiry activities

           Division 1 -- Definitions  

   27.     Term used: inquiry agent  
   28.     Term used: investigator

           Division 2 -- Licensing and related requirements  

   29.     Inquiry agents to be licensed  
   30.     Investigators to be licensed  
   31.     Investigators to be employed by inquiry agent  
   32.     Unlicensed person not to be employed as investigator  
   33.     Advertising

   PART 5 -- Licensing of crowd control activities

           Division 1 -- Definitions  

   34.     Term used: crowd control agent  
   35.     Term used: crowd controller

           Division 2 -- Licensing and related requirements  

   36.     Crowd control agents to be licensed  
   37.     Crowd controllers to be licensed  
   38.     Crowd controllers to be employed by crowd control agent  
   39.     Unlicensed person not to be employed as crowd controller  
   40.     Advertising

   PART 6 -- Control of armed bodyguards  

   41.     Authorisation of armed bodyguards  
   42.     Revocation etc. of authorisation

   PART 6A -- Temporary licences for interstate visitors  

   42A.    Temporary licence -- security activities  
   42B.    Temporary licence -- agent services

   PART 7 -- Licensing procedures

           Division 1 -- Who may hold licence  

   43.     Natural persons only to be licensed  
   44.     Residence requirements for licences on behalf of partnership etc.  
   45.     Automatic termination of licence held on behalf of partnership etc.

           Division 2 -- Applications for issue and renewal of licences  

   46.     Application for licence  
   47.     Material to support application for licence  
   48.     Taking of fingerprints and palm prints  
   49.     How and when to apply for renewal  
   50.     Material to support application for renewal  
   51.     False or misleading information

           Division 3 -- Issue and renewal of licences  

   52.     Issue of licences  
   52A.    Matters to be taken into account in deciding whether to issue licence  
   53.     Exemption from section 52(1)(g)(i)  
   55.     Refusal of renewal  
   56.     Issue and renewal of licences held on behalf of partnerships and bodies corporate  
   57.     Notice of refusal to issue or renew licence  
   58.     Form of licences  
   60.     Duration of licences  
   61.     Identity cards  
   62.     Conditions and restrictions  
   63.     Regulations may prescribe conditions and restrictions  
   64.     Breach of condition or restriction  
   65.     Licences not transferable  
   66.     Issue of duplicate licence or identity card

           Division 4 -- Disciplinary proceedings  

   66A.    Term used: licensee  
   67.     Power to revoke licence  
   67A.    Summary power to revoke and suspend licences  
   67B.    Return of revoked licence and identity card  
   68.     Cancellation of endorsement  
   68A.    Consent to release information  
   69.     Courts may revoke licence  
   70.     Returns by courts

           Division 5 -- Review of licensing decisions  

   72.     Application for review  
   74.     Suspension of licence by State Administrative Tribunal

   PART 8 -- Further obligations of licensees  

   75.     Production of licence  
   76.     Return of licence  
   77.     Change of address of licensee  
   77A.    Licensee to give notice about offences  
   78.     Records to be kept  
   79.     Disposal of licence to another  
   79A.    Certain unlicensed persons not to be employed in agent’s business

   PART 9 -- Random drug testing  

   79B.    Term used: licensee  
   80.     Licensee may be directed to provide blood or urine for analysis  
   81.     Licence may be revoked  
   82.     Cost of test may be recovered  
   83.     Regulations relating to drug tests

   PART 10 -- Miscellaneous

           Division 1 -- Records  

   84.     Records to be kept by person who engages crowd controller  
   85.     Inspection of records  
   86.     Police may retain records for certain purposes  
   87.     Obstruction of police

           Division 2 -- Legal proceedings  

   88.     Designated persons  
   88A.    Infringement notices  
   88B.    Withdrawal of infringement notice  
   88C.    Benefit of paying modified penalty  
   88D.    No admission implied by payment  
   88E.    Application of penalties collected  
   89.     Liability of partners and bodies corporate  
   90.     Liability of officers  
   90A.    Liability of agent for licensee  
   91.     Liability of employer of crowd controller for damages  
   92.     Evidentiary provisions  
   93.     Onus of proof

           Division 3 -- General provisions  

   93A.    Licensee to provide name of agent  
   94.     Regulations
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