South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts49—Insertion of sections 11AB to 11AD
After section 11A insert:
11AB—Power of Commissioner to require security agent to provide
fingerprints
(1) The Commissioner
may, by notice in writing, require—
(a) a
natural person who is the holder of a security agents licence; or
(b) a
director of a body corporate that is the holder of a security agents licence,
to attend at a specified time and place for the purpose of having his or her
fingerprints taken by a police officer.
(2) As soon as
reasonably practicable after fingerprints have been taken from a person by a
police officer pursuant to a requirement under subsection (1), the
Commissioner of Police must make available to the Commissioner such
information to which the Commissioner of Police has access about the identity,
antecedents and criminal history of the person as the Commissioner of Police
considers relevant.
11AC—Power of Commissioner to require security agents authorised to
control crowds to undertake training
(1) The Commissioner
may, by notice in writing, require the holder of a security agents licence
that authorises the licensee to perform the function of controlling crowds to
complete an approved security industry training course within a period
specified by the Commissioner.
(2) If a licensed
security agent has been required by the Commissioner to complete a training
course under subsection (1), the security agent must, when next lodging
an annual return following the end of the period within which he or she has
been required to complete the course, provide the Commissioner with evidence
that the course has been completed to a satisfactory standard.
(3) In this
section—
"annual return" means the return required to be lodged by a licensed agent
under section 12(2)(b);
"approved security industry training course" means a course of training
approved by the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act.
11AD—Power of Commissioner to require security agents authorised to
control crowds to take part in psychological assessment
The Commissioner may, for the purpose of determining whether the holder of a
security agents licence that authorises the licensee to perform the function
of controlling crowds is a fit and proper person, by notice in writing,
require the licensee to attend at a specified time and place for the purpose
of taking part in an approved psychological assessment.