Security Industry Act 2003

A temporary visitor licence is a licence that authorises the licensee—

to employ or provide people to carry on 1 or more of the security activities mentioned in subsection (3) for a special event (a master temporary visitor licence); or

to carry on 1 or more of the security activities mentioned in subsection (3) for a special event (an employee temporary visitor licence).

However, a master temporary visitor licensee may only employ or provide a person to carry on a security activity for a special event if the person holds an employee licence, a trainer licence, a temporary licence or an employee temporary visitor licence.

The following are security activities for a temporary visitor licence:

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.

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

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).