Victorian Numbered Acts

PRIVATE SECURITY ACT 2004 (NO 33 OF 2004) - SECT 27

    (1)     If the Chief Commissioner is proposing not to grant a private security licence for any reason other than that set out in sub-section (2), the Chief Commissioner must, before deciding not to grant the licence, serve on the applicant a notice—

        (a)     specifying the reason why the Chief Commissioner is proposing not to grant the licence; and

        (b)     inviting the applicant to make a written submission in accordance with sub-section (3).

    (2)     If the Chief Commissioner is proposing not to grant a private security licence because he or she is satisfied that the applicant, a close associate of the applicant or, if the applicant is a body corporate, the nominated person or an officer of the body corporate, is a prohibited person, the Chief Commissioner must serve on—

        (a)     the applicant; and

        (b)     any person who the Chief Commissioner is satisfied is a prohibited person—

a notice specifying the reason why the licence is not to be granted.

    (3)     An applicant who has been served with a notice under sub-section (1) may, within 28 days after the day on which the applicant is served with the notice, make a submission to the Chief Commissioner concerning any reason that is specified in the notice.