SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996 - SECT 94

SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996 - SECT 94

94 .         Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make any regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         The regulations may make provision for —

            (a)         the preparation and, with the approval of the Minister, publication of codes of conduct setting out minimum standards of conduct to be observed by all licensees or licensees who hold licences of a particular type or class; and

            (b)         a breach of any such code of conduct to be a proper cause for disciplinary action against a licensee under section 67(1a)(d); and

            (c)         different classes of —

                  (i)         security consultant’s licence; or

                  (ii)         security installer’s licence,

                restricting the services of security consultant or security installer, as is relevant, that a person holding a particular class of licence is authorised to perform.

        (3)         Regulations made for the purposes of section 24(5), 25(5) or 26(6) may prescribe fees to be paid for applications under that section.

        (4)         A higher fee may be prescribed under section 46(1)(c) for cases where an application for the issue or renewal —

            (a)         of a security officer’s licence includes an application for an endorsement under section 24 or 26; or

            (b)         of a licence includes the taking of fingerprints or palm prints.

        [Section 94 amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 1079; No. 4 of 2008 s. 77.]

[ 95.         Omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).]

[ 96.         Omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]

[Schedule 1 deleted: No. 4 of 2008 s. 79.]

[Schedule 2 omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 and includes amendments made by other written laws ⁴ . For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.

Compilation table

Uncommenced provisions table

To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA Legislation website.

Other notes

¹         The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 47 was deleted by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

²         The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

³         The State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 62 reads as follows:

62.         Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996

        (1)         In this regulation —

        commencement day means the day on which the State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Part 2 Division 117 comes into operation.

        (2)         If in the period of 21 days before the commencement day a notice has been given under the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 section 68(2) (applying section 67(2), (3) and (4) to the cancellation of an endorsement under section 68(1)), on or after the commencement day that notice is to be taken to be a notice given on the commencement day under that Act section 68(2)(a).

⁴         The Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4, the amendment to the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 Schedule 1, had not come into operation when it was deleted by the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2014 s. 39(2)(c).

Defined terms



[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)

agent         90A(4)

agent’s licence         3

approved         3

class         3

Commissioner         3

compliance officer         3

court         3

crowd control agent         3

crowd control agent’s licence         3

crowd controller         3

crowd controller’s licence         3

Department         3

designated person         88(1)

disqualifying offence         3

employ         79A(1)

finding of guilt         3

firearm         3

identity card         3

inquiry agent         3

inquiry agent’s licence         3

investigator         3

investigator’s licence         3

licence         3

licensed premises         35(2)

licensee         3, 66A, 79B

licensing officer         3

officer         3

person aggrieved         72(2)

police force         3

possession         22

prohibited person         3

public officer         5(3)

relevant applicant         47(4)

relevant body         3

relevant conduct         3

relevant person         68A(1)

remuneration         3

reviewable decision         72(2)

security agent         3

security agent’s licence         3

security bodyguard         3

security bodyguard’s licence         3

security consultant         3

security consultant’s licence         3

security installer         3

security installer’s licence         3

security officer         3

security officer’s licence         3

supplies         3

temporary licence         3, 42A(1), 42B(1)