Security system installers: workers compensation requirements in New South Wales

Verified for New South Wales

• Licence liability condition: No insurance condition for this class. The $10 million public liability requirement in the security industry regime is triggered by activities involving the possession of firearms or the use of horses or dogs, and Class 2C work involves none of them. So two licences issued by the same directorate under the same Act carry opposite answers, decided by what the operative actually does. NSW · effective 1998-04-01 NSW Police Force — Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate · 2026-08-24
• Licence evidence required: None for this class, since no insurance condition attaches to it. NSW · effective 1998-04-01 NSW Police Force — Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate · 2026-08-24
• Licensing body: The NSW Police Force, through the Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate, under the Security Industry Act 1997 (NSW). A Class 2C Security Equipment Specialist licence, which allows the holder to sell, install, maintain, repair, service and give advice about security equipment. NSW · effective 1998-04-01 NSW Police Force — Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

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Sources

• NSW Police Force — Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate — NSW Police SLED — security and tattoo industry licences
• Victoria Government — Victoria — consolidated legislation
• Queensland Government — Queensland — consolidated legislation
• Western Australia Government — Western Australia — consolidated legislation
• South Australia Government — South Australia — consolidated legislation
• Tasmania Government — Tasmania — consolidated legislation
• Australian Capital Territory Government — Australian Capital Territory — consolidated legislation
• Northern Territory Government — Northern Territory — consolidated legislation