Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Security providers  
   5.      Crowd controllers  
   6.      Security officers  
   7.      Security firms  
   8.      Act may be declared to apply to certain persons  
   9.      Act only to apply to security firms and officers if declared to so apply  

   PART 2--LICENSING AUTHORITY

   11.     Licensing authority to keep register  

   PART 3--LICENCES

   13.     Requirement to be licensed  
   14.     Application for licence  
   15.     Entitlement to licences – natural persons  
   16.     Inquiries about person's appropriateness to hold licence  
   17.     Entitlement to licences – corporations or firms  
   18.     Decision on application  
   19.     Conditions of licence  
   20.     Amendment of conditions  
   21.     Notice to return licence for alteration  
   22.     Production of licence  
   23.     Period of validity of licence  
   24.     Renewal of licence  
   25.     Replacement licence  
   25A.    Licence not transferable  

   PART 4--CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION &C., OF LICENCES

   26.     Grounds for suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew  
   27.     Procedure for suspension, cancellation or refusal to renew  
   28.     Return of suspended or cancelled licence  
   29.     Automatic cancellation on conviction  
   30.     Right to appeal to Local Court  
   31.     Commencement of appeal  
   32.     Stay of operation of decisions  
   33.     Hearing procedures  
   34.     Powers of Court on appeal  

   PART 5--INSPECTORS

   35.     Inspectors  
   36.     Inspector's identity card  
   37.     Production of inspector's identity card  
   38.     Entry of place by inspector  
   39.     Inspector's general powers in a place  
   40.     Procedure after thing seized  
   41.     Power to require name and address  
   42.     Power to require information from certain persons  
   43.     False or misleading information  
   44.     Power to require production of documents  
   45.     False or misleading documents  
   46.     Obstruction of inspectors  
   47.     Police to retain powers under other Acts for the purposes of this Act  

   PART 6--CODES OF PRACTICE, COMPETENCY STANDARDS AND TRAINING

   48.     Codes of practice  
   49.     Undertakings by persons contravening code  
   50.     Registers of undertakings  
   51.     Orders by Local Court where undertaking refused or breached  
   52.     Variation and discharge of orders  
   53.     Competency standards and training  

   PART 6A--COMPLAINTS

   53A.    Person may make complaint about security provider  
   53B.    Opportunity to be given to security provider to reply to complaint  
   53C.    Consideration and decision of licensing authority  
   53D.    Determination of complaint  
   53E.    Review of determination of complaint  

   PART 7--GENERAL

   54.     Identification to be worn by crowd controller  
   55.     Liability for security provider's actions  
   56.     Employers to keep incident registers  
   57.     Person not to hire crowd controller with disqualifying offence  
   58.     Confidentiality of information  
   59.     Protection from liability  
   60.     Evidentiary provisions  
   61.     Approved forms  
   65.     Exemptions  
   66.     Regulations  
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