Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT - SECT 18

(1) [Omitted]

(2) The licensing authority shall consider an application for a provisional licence and, if satisfied that -

(a) the person is entitled to the licence under section 15(3); and

(b) there are no grounds for believing that the applicant is likely to be of bad character, having regard to the public interest in ensuring that persons of bad character are not employed as security providers,

the licensing authority shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant the licence.

(3) The licensing authority shall consider an application for a crowd controller's licence, a security officer's licence or a licence (other than a provisional licence) in relation to a category of licence declared under section 8 and, if satisfied that -

(a) the person is entitled to the licence under section 15(4); and

(b) there are no grounds for believing that the applicant is likely to be of bad character, having regard to the public interest in ensuring that persons of bad character are not employed as security providers,

the licensing authority shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant the licence.

(4) [Omitted]

(5) Where the licensing authority grants a provisional licence to a person and the licensing authority is satisfied that the person -

(a) is entitled under section 15(4) to a licence to perform the same functions under the Act as those in relation to which the provisional licence was issued; and

(b) is not likely to be of bad character, having regard to the public interest in ensuring that persons of bad character are not employed as security providers,

the licensing authority shall grant the licence to the person without requiring a further application to be made under this Act.

(6) The licensing authority shall consider an application for a security firm's licence and, if satisfied that -

(a) the applicant is entitled to the licence under section 17(3); and

(b) there are no grounds for believing that any officer of the corporation or partner in a partnership is likely to be of bad character, having regard to the public interest in ensuring that persons of bad character are not employed as security providers,

the licensing authority shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant the licence.

(7) If the licensing authority grants a licence, the licensing authority shall as soon as practicable give the applicant -

(a) on payment of the approved fee to the approved person or body, a licence containing, in the case of a licensee who is a natural person, the photograph of the licensee or, in the case of an application for a security firm's licence by a partnership or corporation, a photograph of one of the partners in the partnership or of the principal of the corporation; and

(b) if a condition is stated on the licence - a written notice stating that the applicant may within 28 days appeal to the Local Court against the imposition of the condition.

(8) If the licensing authority refuses to grant the licence, the licensing authority shall as soon as practicable give the applicant a written notice stating -

(a) the decision;

(b) the reasons for the decision; and

(c) that the applicant may within 28 days appeal to the Local Court against the decision.