The NSW Police Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate (SLED) has revoked 193 NSW security operative licences issued to ACT licensees under mutual recognition legislation since November 2024. ACT licensees had provided false addresses and/or false declarations to authorities in either the ACT or NSW in their security licence applications. These licences were revoked on public […]
The amendments include: Security Industry Regulation 2016
An overview of common business practices in the security industry that may create payroll tax problems in NSW. Learn how to correctly declare payments to workers under employment agency contracts and payroll tax grouping. Read More
Significant changes to the Security Industry Act 1997 and the Security Industry Regulation 2016 will commence on 1 June 2023. Key changes include:
Under an amendment to the Police Act 1990 (section 209), which takes effect on 1 January 2023, NSW Police will charge a penalty for false alarm responses. The NSW Police Force has allowed a three-month grace period (1 January-31 March 2023) where the penalty will remain at $200 to enable alarm monitoring companies to notify […]
The Deputy Premier of NSW has introduced the Security Industry Amendment Bill 2022 to the NSW Parliament. The Bill makes amendments to the NSW security industry legislation, including: changing Class 1 licence subclasses to reflect the discrete industry role types identified during the last review of the national Security Operations training qualifications changing the definition […]