Security Industry Amendment (Licence Conditions) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

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New South Wales

Security Industry Amendment (Licence

Conditions) Regulation 2003

under the

Security Industry Act 1997

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Security Industry Act 1997.

JOHN WATKINS, M.P.,

Minister for Police

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Security Industry Regulation 1998 to allow the Commissioner of Police to require any person who currently holds a licence under the Security Industry Act 1997 and was not required to have his or her fingerprints taken at the time of applying for the licence, to consent to having his or her fingerprints taken.

This Regulation is made under the Security Industry Act 1997, including sections 21 (3) and 48 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 197 of 19 December 2003, page 11353	Page 1
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Clause 1	Security Industry Amendment (Licence Conditions) Regulation 2003

Security Industry Amendment (Licence Conditions)

Regulation 2003

under the

Security Industry Act 1997

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Security Industry Amendment (Licence
Conditions) Regulation 2003.

2 Amendment of Security Industry Regulation 1998

The Security Industry Regulation 1998 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

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Security Industry Amendment (Licence Conditions) Regulation 2003

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 20A

Insert after clause 20:

20A

Special licence conditions—fingerprints

(1)	For the purpose of section 21 (3) of the Act, it is a condition of a licence that the licensee must, at the Commissioner’s request, consent to having his or her fingerprints taken by an authorised officer (within the meaning of section 18 of the Act) in order to confirm the licensee’s identity.
(2)	Subclause (1) does not apply to a licensee who has, in accordance with a requirement under section 18 of the Act, consented to having his or her fingerprints taken.
(3)	Any fingerprint obtained in accordance with this clause may be used by the Commissioner for any purpose as the Commissioner sees fit.
(4)	A person who formerly held a licence, but is not currently a licensee, may apply to the Commissioner to have his or her fingerprints and any copies of them destroyed.
(5)	The Commissioner may grant or refuse the application as the Commissioner sees fit.

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