Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT - SECT 3

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -

"appropriate licence" for carrying out the functions of a security provider is -

(a) if carrying out the functions of a crowd controller - a crowd controller's provisional licence or a crowd controller's licence;

(b) if carrying out the functions of a security officer - a security officer's licence or a security officer's provisional licence;

(c) if carrying out the functions of a security firm - a security firm's licence; or

(d) if carrying out the functions of a member of a class of persons declared in a notice under section 8 to be a category of security providers - the relevant category of licence declared in that notice, including a provisional licence in relation to that category of licence;

"approved" means approved by the licensing authority;

"criminal history" of a person means the person's criminal record within the meaning of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act ;

"crowd controller" has the meaning given by section 5;

"disqualifying offence", for a category of licence, means:

(a) an offence prescribed by regulation to be a disqualifying offence in relation to that category of licence; or

(b) an offence against a law, or a repealed law, of the Territory or another jurisdiction (including a jurisdiction outside Australia) that substantially corresponds to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a);

"inspector" means a person appointed under section 35 as an inspector or a person who is an inspector by virtue of section 35(4);

"licensing authority" means the Northern Territory Licensing Commission established by section 4 of the Northern Territory Licensing Commission Act ;

"obstruct" includes hinder, resist and attempt to obstruct;

"provisional licence" means -

(a) a crowd controller's provisional licence;

(b) a security officer's provisional licence; and

(c) a provisional licence in relation to a category of licence declared under section 8;

"public place" means -

(a) licensed premises within the meaning of the Liquor Act ; or

(b) an entertainment venue to which the public are admitted, whether or not or consideration;

"security firm" has the meaning given by section 7;

"security officer" has the meaning given by section 6;

"security provider" has the meaning given by section 4.