Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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PRIVATE SECURITY ACT - SECT 17

Entitlement to licences - corporations or firms

17. Entitlement to licences - corporations or firms

(1) In this section "officer" of a corporation means -

(a) a director, secretary or executive officer of the corporation; or

(b) a person who can control or substantially influence the conduct of the corporation's affairs including, for example, a person on whose directions, advice or instructions the corporation's directors usually act.

(2) This section applies if a corporation or partnership applies for a security firm licence.

(3) The applicant is entitled to the licence if the licensing authority is satisfied that -

(a) each person who is an officer of the corporation, or partner in the partnership, is an appropriate person to be an officer or partner if the corporation or partnership were granted the licence; and

(b) if the applicant is a corporation - the corporation has not been convicted of a disqualifying offence.

(4) The conditions of the licence shall specify which of the functions of a crowd controller or security officer may be supplied under the licence.

(5) Sections 15(5) to (9) (inclusive) and 16 apply to a decision about whether a person specified in subsection (3)(a) is an appropriate person, as if the person were the applicant for the licence.



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