SECURITY INDUSTRY —
REGULATION
1064. Hon JACQUI BOYDELL to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I ask this question on behalf of Hon
Martin Aldridge, who is absent due to urgent parliamentary business.
Given
the role of the security industry during COVID hotel quarantines, I refer to
the fifth report of the Community Development and Justice Standing
Committee, ''No Time for Complacency: Final Report for the Inquiry into
the Protection of Crowded Places in Western Australia from Terrorist Attacks''
tabled in March 2019 and recommendation 18.
(1) Has the minister reviewed the
regulation of the Western Australian security industry?
(2) Were alternative regulation
models considered?
(3) Has any
investigation and enforcement model been done to increase compliance of the
security industry?
(4) If no to any of (1)–(3),
why not?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank Hon Martin Aldridge for some
notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the
Minister for Police.
(1)–(4) The
Western Australia Police Force advises that the training and qualification
standards for the security industry are set by the commonwealth and administered
by each state and territory. The Western Australia Police Force actively
enforces the licensing requirements of the Security and Related Activities
(Control) Act 1996, conducts routine compliance checks and responds to concerns
raised by industry or the public.