Security Industry Act 2003

An employee licence is a licence that authorises the licensee to do 1 or more of the following:

patrol, guard, watch or protect property (including cash in transit);

guard with a firearm for cash in transit;

guard with a firearm for protecting property;

act as a monitoring centre operator;

guard with a dog;

act as a bodyguard;

act as a security consultant;

act as a crowd controller;

sell security equipment;

carry out surveys and inspections of security equipment;

give advice about security equipment;

install, maintain, monitor, repair or service security equipment.

Note 1 A licence to guard with a firearm does not authorise the licensee to use a firearm (see s 16).

Note 2 A person must hold an appropriate ACT firearms licence to be eligible to be granted a licence to guard with a firearm (see s 24).

In this section:

security consultant means a person whose function is to identify and analyse security risks and provide solutions, management strategies or both to minimise security risks.