Edition 58, July 2008

New security providers laws take effect in QLD

New licensing and training requirements for the security industry in Queensland took effect on 1 July 2008.

The security industry must now comply with the third phase of changes to the Security Providers Act 1993 which sees security providers issued with Class 1 licences to be employed in the manpower sector as crowd controllers, security officers, bodyguards, and private investigators.

People working in the security industry who provide security advice and install security equipment will be issued a Class 2 technical licence.

All Class 1 manpower licences now have new training requirements with crowd controllers and bodyguards required to do ongoing training as a condition of their licence.

People who hold current security provider licences can continue to operate on their existing licence until it expires, but from 1 July existing licence holders must lodge their renewal before their licence expires or face hefty fines for operating unlicensed.

Anyone operating without a current licence faced fines of up to $75,000 for individuals or $937,500 for businesses.

In particular they are providing information to those in the newly licensed sector which includes security equipment installers, security advisers, in-house security and officers performing monitoring and control room operations.

For more information on the new laws and training requirements visit www.justice.qld.gov.au/securityproviders

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