PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 126 Business name

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 126

S. 126(1) amended by No. 79/2011 s. 36.

    (1)     Subject to the Business Names Registration Act 2011 of the Commonwealth, a private security licence or a private security registration may authorise the holder of the licence or the registration (as the case may be) to carry on business under a name or names in addition to, or in substitution for, the name of the holder.

    (2)     A person holding a private security licence or a private security registration must not carry on business under a name other than—

        (a)     the person's name; or

        (b)     a name authorised by the licence or registration (as the case may be).

Penalty:     20 penalty units in the case of a natural person;

40 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

    (3)     The Chief Commissioner may amend, vary or revoke an authorisation made under this section on a private security licence or on a private security registration on the application of the holder of the licence or registration (as the case may be).