Security Providers Regulation 2008

The association must be able to conduct an audit (a compliance audit) of a relevant member’s compliance with the association’s code of conduct.

The association must conduct a compliance audit of each relevant member of the association—

initially, within 3 years of the member becoming a member of the association; and

afterwards, at least once every 3 years from the date of the audit conducted under paragraph (a).

However, subsection (4) applies if a relevant member of an approved security industry association (the current association)—

is a new member of the current association; and

before becoming a member of the current association, was a member of another approved security industry association (the former association).

The current association must conduct a compliance audit of the relevant member—

within 3 years of the last satisfactory compliance audit of the member conducted by the former association; or

if the member can not show when the last satisfactory compliance audit of the member was conducted by the former association—within 12 months of the member becoming a member of the current association.

Within 2 years of an association becoming an approved security industry association, the association must conduct compliance audits of at least half of its relevant members.

In this section—

complies with section 11; and

states whether the auditor who conducted the audit is of the opinion that the member complies with the association’s code of conduct.