New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (GENERAL) REGULATION 2001 - REG 42

42 Security industry workers

(1) Any person (other than a bona fide contractor employing labour for that purpose) who performs security officer work, or security transport work, under a contract with another person is taken to be an employee.

(2) In such a case, the other person is taken to be the employer of the person who performs that work.

(3) For the purposes of this clause, "security officer work" is work for which a rate of pay is fixed by the Security Industry (State) Award when performed by an employee, being the work of security officers in the security or watching industries:

(a) including the work of persons engaged in control rooms to monitor, respond to or act on security alarm systems, but

(b) not including the work of persons engaged solely as general office or clerical workers.

(4) For the purposes of this clause, "security transport work" is work for which a rate of pay is fixed by the Transport Industry-Armoured Cars, &c. (State) Award when performed by an employee, being the work of transporting cash or other valuables by armoured vehicle (whether as an armoured vehicle operator, a despatch hand or an armoured vehicle escort).