Security Industry Act 2003

A person may apply to the commissioner for fair trading for a licence or for variation of a licence.

The application must be in writing signed by the applicant.

The application, unless it is for a temporary visitor licence, must be accompanied by—

a police certificate for the applicant, dated not earlier than 2 months before the day the application is made; and

See s 49A (Destruction of fingerprints).

evidence of the applicant’s identity in accordance with the requirements under the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (Cwlth) that apply in relation to the opening of a bank account; and

any information prescribed by regulation.

For subsection (3) (a), the police certificate must be verified by the applicant’s fingerprints if the applicant has not previously given the commissioner for fair trading a fingerprint-verified police certificate.

An application for a trainer licence or employee temporary visitor licence, or for variation of such a licence, must state the following:

the licence applied for (including the security activities the licence is to authorise);

the name and business address of the applicant’s employer or proposed employer, unless the applicant is self-employed and holds a master licence or master temporary visitor licence.

An application for an employee licence, or for variation of an employee licence, must state the licence applied for (including the security activities the licence is to authorise).

An application for a temporary visitor licence must be made no later than 5 working days before the commencement of the special event to which it relates.