South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts31—Insertion of Part 4 Division 10A
Part 4—after Division 10 insert:
Division 10A—Approval of crowd controllers
71A—Approval of crowd controllers
(1) The Commissioner
may, on application, approve a person to act as a crowd controller for
licensed premises.
(2) The Commissioner
cannot approve a person to act as a crowd controller unless the person has the
appropriate knowledge, experience and skills for the purpose.
(3) If an applicant
for approval does not have the appropriate knowledge, experience and skills to
act as a crowd controller, the Commissioner may nevertheless approve the
person and impose a condition on the approval that the person undertake
specified accredited training within a specified time of obtaining the
approval.
71B—Use of force by approved crowd controller
An approved crowd controller must not use force to remove a person from
licensed premises except under the direct supervision of the licensee or the
responsible person for the premises.
71C—Revocation of approval
(1) The Commissioner
has an unqualified discretion to revoke an approval given under this Division
on such ground or for such reason as he or she thinks fit.
(2) The Commissioner
must, before exercising powers under subsection (1) in relation to a
person—
(a) give
written notice to the person of the proposed revocation, including, subject to
section 28A, a statement of the reasons that the Commissioner considers
justify the revocation; and
(b)
allow the person a period of 21 days (or such longer period as the
Commissioner may in a particular case allow) to show cause why the approval
should not be revoked.
(3) The Commissioner
may suspend an approval pending final determination of the question as to
whether the approval should be revoked.
(4) On revoking an
approval, the Commissioner must cause notice of the revocation to be given,
personally or by post, to all persons affected by the revocation.
71D—Application of Division
This Division is in addition to, and does not derogate from, the Security and
Investigation Agents Act 1995 .