New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) In any case where the applicant for a licence (or, if the applicant for a licence is a company, in any case where any officer of the company)—
(a) Is under the age of 20 years; or
(b) Has not had, in the period of 3 years immediately preceding the date of the application, at least 12 months' experience as a licensee or responsible employee in the type of business to which the application relates; or
(c) Has previously held a private investigator's or security guard's licence, or a certificate of approval to be a responsible employee of a private investigator or security guard, that has been cancelled in accordance with this Act at any time within the period of 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application,—
the Registrar shall not grant the application unless, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the Registrar is satisfied that there are special factors that would justify the granting of the application.
(2) In any case where the applicant for a licence (or, if the applicant for a licence is a company, in any case where any officer of the company)—
(a) Has been convicted, at any time within the period of 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application, of any crime involving dishonesty or of any specified offence; or
(b) Has been detained, at any time within the period of 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application, in a prison pursuant to a conviction for any offence (not being a conviction in respect of which the sentence of detention has been quashed on appeal),—
the Registrar shall not grant the application unless, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offence, the Registrar is satisfied that the application should be granted.
Section 17 was substituted, as from 1 July 1995, by section 4(1) Private Investigators and Security Guards Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 14).
Subsection (2)(b) was amended, as from 1 June 2005, by section 206 Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50) by substituting the word “prison”
for the words “penal institution”
. See clause 2 Corrections Act Commencement Order 2005 (SR 2005/52).