Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Private Security Act 2004 - SECT 82

Circumstances in which the Chief Commissioner must refuse to grant a private security individual operator registration

82. Circumstances in which the Chief Commissioner must refuse to grant a
private security individual operator registration



(1) The Chief Commissioner must not grant a private security individual
operator registration if-

   (a)  he or she is satisfied that the granting of the registration is not in
        the public interest; or

   (b)  he or she is not satisfied that the applicant meets the probity
        requirements set out in subsection (2).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) the probity requirements are that
the person-

   (a)  is fit and proper; and

   (b)  is aged 18 years or more; and

   (c)  has not contravened or failed to comply with any provision of this
        Act, the regulations or any corresponding previous enactment, to the
        extent that warrants the refusal of the registration; and

   (d)  is not a person in relation to whom-

   (i)  not more than 10 years have expired since that person was convicted of
        an indictable offence that in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner
        would render the person unsuitable to hold a private security
        registration; or

   (ii) not more than 5 years have expired since that person has been found
        guilty (without a conviction being recorded) of an indictable offence
        that in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner would render the person
        unsuitable to hold a private security registration; and

   (e)  is not a person who is charged with an indictable offence that in the
        opinion of the Chief Commissioner would render the person unsuitable
        to hold a private security registration.