Victorian Numbered Acts

PRIVATE SECURITY AND COUNTY COURT AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO. 12 OF 2024)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  

   PART 2--AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO LICENSING, REGISTRATION AND SUB-CONTRACTING

   4.      Purposes  
   5.      Definitions  
   6.      Act not applicable to certain persons  
   7.      Offence to carry on the business of providing certain private security services without a private security business licence  
   8.      Holding out offence—private security business licence  
   9.      Offence to carry on certain activities without a private security individual operator licence  
   10.     Holding out offence—private security individual operator licence  
   11.     Sections 9, 10, 11 and 12 repealed  
   12.     Grant of private security business licence  
   13.     Grant of private security individual operator licence  
   14.     New section 15A inserted  
   15.     Additional particular requirements for licence applications  
   16.     Section 18 repealed  
   17.     Licence granted on condition that training be completed  
   18.     Section 37 substituted  
   19.     Application by holder of licence to vary licence to authorise additional activity  
   20.     Cancellation of licence or authority to carry on activity on licence holder's request  
   21.     Power of Chief Commissioner to hold disciplinary inquiry  
   22.     Interim suspension of licence or authority  
   23.     Actions Chief Commissioner may take at inquiry  
   24.     Surrender and issue of licence document upon cancellation or suspension  
   25.     Temporary interstate visitor permit to carry out activity  
   26.     Temporary interstate visitor permit to carry on business of providing services  
   27.     Procedure for applications for permits  
   28.     Part 4 repealed  
   29.     Heading to Part 5 amended  
   30.     Nominated person of body corporate  
   31.     Duplicate licence or registration document  
   32.     Business name  
   33.     Section 127 repealed  
   34.     Licence, registration or permit to be produced on demand  
   35.     Registered address  
   36.     Advertisements to contain licence or registration number  
   37.     Offence to provide or employ unlicensed persons  
   38.     Section 132 repealed  
   39.     Requirement to display licence or registration document at business premises  
   40.     Permanent records to be kept  
   41.     False or misleading statements and particulars  
   42.     New sections 136A and 136B inserted  
   43.     New Part 5A inserted  
   44.     Review by VCAT  
   45.     Liability of body corporate or holder of licence or registration for acts of officers, employees or agents  
   46.     New sections 171 and 171A inserted  
   47.     Chief Commissioner to keep register  
   48.     Requirement to notify Chief Commissioner of changes to close associates  
   49.     Body corporate to notify Chief Commissioner of changes to officers  
   50.     Requirement to notify Chief Commissioner of criminal charges  
   51.     Annual reporting  
   52.     Section 179 repealed  
   53.     Regulations  
   54.      New Part 12 inserted  

   PART 3--OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 2004

   55.     Definitions  
   56.     Holding out offence—private security business licence  
   57.     Holding out offence—private security individual operator licence  
   58.     Complaints  
   59.     Appointment of special counsel if review involves protected information  

   PART 4--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

   60.     Certain persons prohibited from engaging in debt collection  
   61.     What is the security industry?  

   PART 5--AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 AND THE SENTENCING ACT 1991

   62.     Adjournment of proceeding to Drug Court Division  
   63.     Statute law revision—section 103A renumbered  
   64.     Drug Court may hear and determine certain offences  

   PART 6--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   65.     Repeal of this Act  
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