New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SECURITY INDUSTRY ACT 1997 - SECT 48

48 Regulations

(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to any of the following:

(a) the keeping by the Commissioner of a register of licences and the particulars to be contained in the register,

(b) the approval of training courses for persons in the security industry, and the accreditation of trainers and instructors to conduct security industry competency training,

(c) specialised training of licensees,

(d) security equipment,

(e) methods and practices relating to the security industry, including:

(i) the carrying or display, by licensees, of means of identification and the production or surrender of that identification, and

(ii) the wearing by licensees of uniforms and the character or design of any uniforms so worn, and

(iii) the markings that may be made on, and the design of any features of, a vehicle used by any person in or in connection with the carrying on of any security activity, and

(iv) the preparation, keeping and maintenance, by licensees, of records and accounts, and the audit of any accounts, in respect of the carrying on by the licensee of any business requiring a licence and the production and inspection of any such records,

(f) the procedure relating to applications for licences,

(g) any matter relating to licences, including the particulars to be endorsed on licences and the notification by the licensee of any change in those particulars,

(h) requiring holders of master licences to obtain specified insurance in connection with their security activities,

(i) fees payable under this Act or the regulations,

(j) any matter relating to visitor permits.

(3) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding:

(a) 50 penalty units in the case of an individual, or

(b) 100 penalty units in the case of a corporation.