Changes to NSW security industry legislation commencing 1 June 2023
Significant changes to the Security Industry Act 1997 and the Security Industry Regulation 2016 will commence on 1 June 2023. Key changes include:
NSW Police – New penalty for false alarms
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 […]
NSW Security Industry Amendment Bill 2022
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 […]
NSW legislative changes for Commercial Agents and Private Inquiry Agents
The Commercial Agents and Private Inquiry Agents Act 2004 (CAPI) will be repealed on 1 July 2022. From that date: existing CAPI licences will cease to be current NSW Fair Trading will be responsible for licensing of Commercial Agents SLED will remain responsible for licensing of Private Inquiry Agents, which will become Private Investigators as a new […]
New rules for commercial agents in NSW Survey
NSW Fair Trading will take over the regulation of Commercial Agents from 1 July 2022 while Private Inquiry agents will become a new subclass of security licence and renamed Private Investigators. You currently have the opportunity to give your feedback on the draft Fair Trading Amendment (Commercial Agents) Regulation, which will support the incoming Fair […]
NSW Police SLED – Refresher First Aid training for Class 1 licensees a new Master licence condition – Implementation date extended
A new condition has been imposed by SLED on all Master licensees to ensure that all Class 1 security operatives (except Class 1E -Monitoring Centre Operators) have current first aid training while performing security duties. Master licence holders will be responsible for ensuring that every Class 1 licensee they provide has a current First Aid […]