New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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Reprint as at 1 April 2011
| Public Act | 1974 No 48 |
| Date of assent | 31 August 1974 |
Private Investigators and Security Guards Act 1974: repealed, on 1 April 2011, by section 119 of the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 (2010 No 115).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
3 Meaning of private investigator
5 Registrar of Private Investigators and Security Guards
10 Registrar to be a Commission of Inquiry for certain purposes
12 Administrative and secretarial services
15 Statement by Registrar as to contents of register
Part 2
Licensing of private investigators and security guards
16 Private investigators and security guards to be licensed
17 Presumption against granting application in certain cases
19 Approved bond by private investigator [Repealed]
20 Effect of bond on renewal of licence [Repealed]
21 Notice of application for license
22 Objections by Police to application for licence
23 Objections by other persons
24 Cases in which hearing may be dispensed with
25 Hearing of application for licence
27 Registrar to require evidence as to suitability of applicant
30 Registrar to notify Commissioner of Police when licence issued
31 Name under which licensee may carry on business
32 Persons not to act as officers of licensed company without consent of Registrar
32A Amendment of security guard's licence
Part 3
Approval of responsible employees of private investigators and security guards
34 Responsible employees to be approved by Registrar
35 Presumption against granting application in certain cases
36 Application for certificate of approval
37 Temporary permission to engage responsible employee
38 Objections by Police to application for certificate of approval
39 Hearing of application for certificate of approval
40 Issue of certificate of approval
41 Effect of certificate of approval
42 Duration of certificate of approval
43 Registrar to notify Commissioner of Police when certificate of approval issued
44 Renewal of certificate of approval
Part 4
Duties of private investigators, security guards, and responsible employees
46 Production of certificate of approval
47 Notice to Registrar of change of employment
Duties of private investigators
48 Private investigator to display notices at offices
49 Money in anticipation of expenditure to be paid into trust account [Repealed]
50 Trust account to be audited [Repealed]
51 Private investigator to render account to principal
52 Private investigator not to take photographs or make recordings without consent
Part 5
Disciplinary functions of Registrar
53 Complaints against licensee
54 Registrar may refer matter to Police
55 Suspension of licensee pending determination of complaint
57 Powers of Registrar on determining complaint
58 Grounds for cancellation of licence
59 Disciplinary powers of Registrar in respect of responsible employees
60 Registrar to cancel licences and certificates of approval in certain cases, unless special factors present
61 Evidence of convictions in proceedings before Registrar
62 Cancelled and suspended licences and certificates of approval to be returned to Registrar
63 Penalties for offences not affected
65 Appeals to District Court [Repealed]
Part 7
Miscellaneous provisions
66 Licence or certificate not to confer additional powers on holder
67 Lost licences and certificates of approval
68 Voluntary surrender of licence or certificate of approval
69 Change of place of business
73 Civil remedies not affected
[Repealed]
An Act to provide for the licensing of private investigators as a means of affording greater protection to the individual's right to privacy against possible invasion by private investigators, and to provide for the licensing of security guards as a means of ensuring so far as possible that those carrying on business as security guards are fit and proper persons to do so, and to regulate the conduct of business by private investigators and security guards
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
