Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SECURITY INDUSTRY ACT 2003 - SECT 21

    (1)     The commissioner for fair trading must not issue or vary a licence unless—

        (a)     satisfied that—

              (i)     the applicant is eligible to hold the licence; and

Note     Eligibility for employee and trainer licences is dealt with in s 24.

              (ii)     the applicant has satisfactorily completed a training course, or has experience or other training that is equivalent, or substantially equivalent, to completion of a training course, prescribed under the regulations for the licence applied for; and

              (iii)     the applicant satisfies any condition prescribed under the regulations for the licence; and

              (iv)     it is otherwise in the public interest to license the applicant; and

        (b)     the applicant—

              (i)     if the applicant is an individual—is an adult; and

              (ii)     if competency standards are prescribed under the regulations—has satisfied the standards.

    (2)     This section is subject to section 26 (Temporary licences).

    (3)     In this section:

"applicant"—

        (a)     for an application for a master licence—includes a close associate of the applicant; and

        (b)     if the applicant is a corporation—includes each executive officer of the corporation; and

        (c)     if the applicant is a partnership—includes each partner.

"close associate"—see section 22.

"executive officer", of a corporation, means a person, by whatever name called and whether or not the person is a director of the corporation, who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation's management.