Annual returns
A licence lasts until it is suspended, cancelled or surrendered. A licence also will cease if the person holding the licence dies or, in the case of a company holding the licence, if the company is dissolved.
In order to maintain continuity of licence, an annual return will be posted to your Address for Service (ie, your postal address) approximately 2 months before the expiry date printed on your licence card. The annual return is a document that lists certain information that you must provide to the Commissioner along with your licence fee. It is the responsibility of the licensee to lodge this before the expiry date to avoid a penalty fee.
Your first annual return, will fall due for lodgement eleven (11) months after the licence is granted, and then yearly after that.
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Changes to details
You must notify the Commissioner in writing (within 14 days) of changes to your personal or business details (eg address, directorship, business name, partnership etc) and resignation or dismissal of your nominated manager.
Licence card/certificate
As a licensed security and investigation agent you will be issued with a photographic licence card, which you must carry at all times whilst working as a security and investigation agent and produce when requested by a police officer, the Commissioner, an officer authorised under the Fair Trading Act 1987, or a person with whom you are dealing with as an agent such as a consumer or client. If your company is licensed, you will receive a licence certificate, which you can display at your business premises.
Surrendering your licence
It is important when you surrender your licence that this is done in writing and either sent in or lodged over the counter. For further information contact us.
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Trust accounts
If you are a licensed security and investigation agent authorised to carry on business as a collection agent then you are required to deposit monies received from your clients into a trust account in accordance with the rules set out under the Security and Investigation Agents Regulations 1996.
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