Private Security Act 1995 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 1995

As in force at 25 May 2022

Table of provisions NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 25 May 2022

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 1995

An Act to provide for the regulation of the provision of security services and for related purposes

Part 1Preliminary 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Private Security Act 1995.

2Commencement

(1)
The provisions of this Act, other than section 13, shall come into operation on the day on which the Administrator’s assent to the Act is declared.
(2)
Section 13 of this Act shall come into operation on a date fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3Definitions

In this Act:

affected person, see section 53E.

appropriate licence for carrying out the functions of a security provider is:

(a)
if carrying out the functions of a crowd controller – a crowd controller’s provisional licence or a crowd controller’s licence;
(b)
if carrying out the functions of a security officer – a security officer’s licence or a security officer’s provisional licence;
(c)
if carrying out the functions of a security firm – a security firm’s licence; or
(d)
if carrying out the functions of a member of a class of persons declared in a notice under section 8 to be a category of security providers – the relevant category of licence declared in that notice, including a provisional licence in relation to that category of licence.

approved form means a form approved under section 61.

criminal history of a person means the person’s criminal record within the meaning of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992.

crowd controller has the meaning given by section 5.

decision notice, for a decision, means a written notice setting out:

(a)
the decision and the reasons for it; and
(b)
any right the person to whom the notice is to be given has, under this Act, to apply for a review of, or to appeal, the decision.

delegate decision, see section 53E.

Director means the Director of Private Security Regulation appointed under section 10.

disqualifying offence, for a category of licence, means:

(a)
an offence prescribed by regulation to be a disqualifying offence in relation to that category of licence; or
(b)
an offence against a law, or a repealed law, of the Territory or another jurisdiction (including a jurisdiction outside Australia) that substantially corresponds to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a).

inspector means a person appointed under section 35 as an inspector or a person who is an inspector by virtue of section 35(4).

obstruct includes hinder, resist and attempt to obstruct.

officer, for Part 3, see section 12.

provisional licence means:

(a)
a crowd controller’s provisional licence;
(b)
a security officer’s provisional licence; and
(c)
a provisional licence in relation to a category of licence declared under section 8.

public place means:

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