PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 8 Holding out offence—private security individual operator licence
PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 8
Holding out offence—private security individual operator licence(1) A person must not in any way indicate that the person carries on or is willing 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
S. 8(1)(d) amended by No. 61/2010 s. 8(1)(a).
(d) acting as a security guard; or
S. 8(1)(e) inserted by No. 61/2010 s. 8(1)(b).
(e) acting as a private security
trainer—
unless that person is the holder of a private security individual operator licence that authorises that person to carry on that activity.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Note to s. 8(1) inserted by No. 12/2024 s. 57.
Note
See also section 256 of the Victoria Police Act 2013 .
S. 8(2) inserted by No. 61/2010 s. 8(2).
(2) A person must not in any way indicate that the person carries on or is willing to carry on any specified security guard activity unless the person is the holder of a private security individual operator licence that authorises the person to carry on that activity.
Penalty: 120 penalty units.
Note to s. 8(2) inserted by No. 12/2024 s. 57.
Note
See also section 256 of the Victoria Police Act 2013 .