New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SECURITY INDUSTRY ACT 1997 - SECT 39

39 Master licensee not to employ unlicensed persons

(1) Without limiting the operation of section 30, the holder of a master licence must not employ any person to carry on any security activity if that person is not the holder of a licence.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a corporation-200 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of an individual-100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under this section if the master licensee satisfies the court that the master licensee did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that the person employed by the master licensee was unlicensed.