Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 71B

  (1)   A person is a contracted defence security guard if:

  (a)   the person is one of the following:

  (i)   a party to a contract with the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth entity;

  (ii)   a subcontractor for a contract with the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth entity;

  (iii)   an employee of a person referred to in subparagraph   (i) or (ii); and

  (b)   the contract is for, or includes, the provision of security services at one or more defence premises; and

  (c)   either of the following applies:

  (i)   the person is authorised under subsection   (2);

  (ii)   the person is included in a class of persons authorised under subsection   (2) (including a person who becomes a member of the class after the authorisation is given); and

  (d)   the person satisfies the training and qualification requirements determined under subsection   (4).

  (2)   The Minister may, in writing, authorise a person, or a class of persons, for the purposes of paragraph   (1)(c).

  (3)   An authorisation made under subsection   (2) is not a legislative instrument.

  (4)   The Minister must, by legislative instrument, determine the training and qualification requirements for contracted defence security guards.

  (5)   Without limiting the training and qualification requirements that may be determined in a legislative instrument under subsection   (4), different training and qualification requirements may apply to different kinds of contracted defence security guards.