New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SECURITY INDUSTRY ACT 1997 - SECT 14

14 Application for licence

(1) A person may apply to the Commissioner for the grant of a licence.

(2) An application must be in the approved form and be accompanied:

(a) by the fee prescribed by the regulations, and

(b) by such information and particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(3) In the case of an application for a class 1, class 2 or provisional licence, the applicant must:

(a) if the applicant is employed, specify the name and business address of the applicant’s employer, and

(b) provide 2 written references from such class or classes of persons as are prescribed by the regulations to the effect that the applicant is a fit and proper person to work in the security industry.

(4) In the case of an application for a class 1 licence by an applicant who has previously held a class 1 licence or a provisional licence, the applicant must also:

(a) supply proof of the person’s employment in carrying on an authorised security activity during the term of the previous licence (for example, by providing the names of employers during that term and providing records indicating the type of security activity carried out), and

(b) supply evidence to the Commissioner’s satisfaction that the person has been engaged in the security activity proposed to be authorised by the licence for a significant period of the previous licence and has demonstrated continuing knowledge and competency in relation to that security activity.

(5) In the case of an application for a class P1F licence, the applicant must also supply a letter of endorsement from the applicant’s employer or proposed employer (being an approved master licensee providing uniformed cash in transit security services) that states that the applicant is or will be employed by the employer.

(6) Section 12 of the Criminal Records Act 1991 does not apply in relation to an application for a licence.