(1) An application for a licence may be made to the chief executive by—
(a)
for any licence—an individual; or
(b) for a security firm licence—a
person or a partnership.
(2) The application must be made in the approved
form and must be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation.
(2A)
If, before or when the application is made, the chief executive requires the
payment of costs under section 12AA(1) , the application must also be
accompanied by the amount of the costs required to be paid.
(3) The applicant
must state in the application—
(a) the term of the licence being applied
for; and
(b) if the functions of more than 1 type of security provider are
intended to be carried out under the licence—each type of security provider
for which the licence is sought.
(3A) The applicant must also state in the
application—
(a) if it is for carrying out the functions of a security
officer—the category of functions intended to be carried out under the
licence; or
(b) if it is for carrying out the functions of a security
firm—the security firm services intended to be supplied under the licence.
(3B) If the application is for carrying out the functions of a security firm,
the application must include evidence that the applicant is a current member
of an approved security industry association.
(4) Only an individual may
apply for, or be granted, a licence for carrying out the functions of any of
the following—
(5) The chief executive, by written
notice, may request the applicant to give further information or documents
relevant to the application within a stated period of at least 28 days.
(6)
The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if, within the stated
period, the applicant does not comply with a request under subsection (5)
without a reasonable excuse.
(7) A requirement mentioned in subsection (2A)
is sufficiently made of the applicant if it is made generally of applicants in
the approved form or notified on the department’s website.
(8) An
application for a licence may be considered by the chief executive only if
each relevant person for the application is agreeable to having his or her
fingerprints taken by the Commissioner under section 27, unless the
Commissioner already holds the relevant person’s fingerprints taken under
section 27.
(9) If a regulation prescribes a fee for taking a relevant
person’s fingerprints under section 27, the application must be accompanied
by the fee for each relevant person for the application.
(10) However,
subsection (9) does not apply if the Commissioner already holds the relevant
person’s fingerprints taken under section 27.
(11) If a relevant
person’s fingerprints are not taken under section 27for the application,
the chief executive must refund to the applicant any fee paid under subsection
(9) for the relevant person for the application.
