Security and Related Activities (Control) Regulations 1997

The following training courses are prescribed for the purposes of sections 47(1)(f)(i), 52(1)(g)(i) and 53(2) in respect of —

a security officer’s licence with an endorsement under section 26, an approved training course in watching, guarding and protecting property including the use of a baton;

any other security officer’s licence, an approved training course in watching, guarding and protecting property;

a crowd controller’s licence, an approved training course in crowd control activities;

an investigator’s licence, an approved training course in —

investigations into the conduct of individuals or bodies corporate or the character of individuals;

surveillance work in relation to the matters referred to in subparagraph (i);

investigations concerning missing persons;

a security bodyguard’s licence, an approved training course in security operations;

a Class 1 security installer’s licence, an approved training course in locksmithing;

a Class 2 security consultant’s licence, an approved training course in technical security;

a Class 2 security installer’s licence, an approved training course in technical security.

The training courses prescribed under subregulation (1)(a) and (b) do not apply in respect of a security officer’s licence to the extent that the applicant, if issued with the licence, will be undertaking monitoring duties only (e.g. duties involving the monitoring of surveillance or signalling equipment in a security control room).

The Superintendent may, on application by the provider of a training course, give interim approval to the course if the provider is seeking to have the course accredited under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.

The Superintendent may, on application by the provider of a training course, approve of the applicant as a course provider if the Superintendent is satisfied that the applicant, and each other person who is or will be involved in providing that training, is a fit and proper person to be providing such training.

An approval under subregulation (2) or (3) —

is to be given in writing; and

may be subject to such conditions and restrictions (including as to its duration) as the Superintendent thinks fit.

The Superintendent may, by giving written notice to the course provider, cancel an approval given under subregulation (2) or (3), but the cancellation is not effective unless the Superintendent —

has given to the course provider written notice of the intention to cancel the approval stating the grounds on which the cancellation is intended and allowing the course provider 21 days within which to respond to the notice; and

has had due regard to any response to the notice made within that time.