Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Private Security Act 2004 - SECT 5

PART 2 OFFENCES

Offence to carry on the business of providing certain private security services without a private security business licence

5. Offence to carry on the business of providing certain private security
services without a private security business licence



A person must not carry on the business of providing the services of other
persons to carry on an activity specified in any of the following paragraphs-

   (a)  acting as an investigator; or

   (b)  acting as a bodyguard; or

   (c)  acting as a crowd controller; or

   (d)  acting as a security guard-

unless that person is the holder of a private security business licence that
authorises that person to carry on the business of providing services of
persons to carry on that activity. Penalty: 120 penalty units in the case of a
natural person; 240 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.