Victorian Current Acts

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 6

    (1)     A person must not in any way indicate that the person carries on or is willing to carry on the business of providing the services of other persons to carry on an activity specified in any of the following paragraphs—

        (a)     acting as an investigator; or

        (b)     acting as a bodyguard; or

        (c)     acting as a crowd controller; or

S. 6(1)(d) amended by No. 61/2010 s. 6(1)(a).

        (d)     acting as a security guard; or

S. 6(1)(e) inserted by No. 61/2010 s. 6(1)(b).

        (e)     acting as a private security trainer—

unless that person is the holder of a private security business licence that authorises that person to carry on the business of providing services of persons to carry on that activity.

Penalty:     20 penalty units in the case of a natural person;

40 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

Note to s. 6(1) inserted by No. 12/2024 s. 56.

Note

See also section 256 of the Victoria Police Act 2013 .

S. 6(2) inserted by No. 61/2010 s. 6(2).

    (2)     A person must not in any way indicate that the person carries on or is willing to carry on the business of providing the services of persons to carry out any specified security guard activity unless the person is the holder of a private security business (security guard) licence that authorises the person to provide the services of persons to carry on that activity.

Penalty:     120 penalty units in the case of a natural person;

240 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

Note to s. 6(2) inserted by No. 12/2024 s. 56.

Note

See also section 256 of the Victoria Police Act 2013 .