Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate

Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate Welcome to the official Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate (SLED) page!

Please do NOT post industry non-compliance or the names of individuals or businesses on this page. You can report industry non-compliance via the SLED website - www.police.nsw.gov.au/sled. SLED’s mission is to ensure a safe and secure NSW with the help of a competent, ethical and professional security industry. SLED administers and enforces the Security Industry Act 1997 and the associated Securit

y Industry Regulation 2016 and works closely with the security industry to help licensees comply with the rules set out in the legislation. SLED uses education, probity assessments and compliance audits to encourage good practices within the industry and protect the general public and law-abiding licence holders from unlicensed operators and criminal exploitation. Our role includes:

• Ensuring graduates from security licensing courses have all the information and skills they need for a career in security.

• Educating and engaging with the security industry and providing opportunities for industry representatives to make suggestions and raise concerns.

• Conducting probity assessments for security applicants, commercial agents and private investigators and other industries like tattooing, explosives, medicinal cannabis and poppies.

Confused about close associates? Basically, a close associate is any person involved in a security business who can infl...
19/06/2026

Confused about close associates? Basically, a close associate is any person involved in a security business who can influence its conduct or operation. But who might that apply to? It could be:

• Company secretaries
• All directors and others in a position of power or financial influence over the business’s operations
• Directors, company secretaries and others in a position of power or financial influence over the business operations of any shareholding companies.

Read more here: www.police.nsw.gov.au/online_services/security_licensing_and_enforcement_directorate/security_licences/master_licences/close_associates

SLED’s investigators conducted 13 compliance audits during May and finalised 24 investigations.
18/06/2026

SLED’s investigators conducted 13 compliance audits during May and finalised 24 investigations.

SLED refused 39 security licence applications in May and revoked 23 licences.
17/06/2026

SLED refused 39 security licence applications in May and revoked 23 licences.

Have you ever heard about prescribed offences? If a licensee commits one or more of these offences, SLED is legally requ...
16/06/2026

Have you ever heard about prescribed offences? If a licensee commits one or more of these offences, SLED is legally required to revoke their licence. Here’s the full list:

• Violence, fraud, dishonesty or stealing
• Robbery
• Riot or affray
• Stalking or intimidation
• Terrorism
• Possession or use of a firearm or other weapon
• Prohibited drugs, prohibited plants, psychoactive substances or prescribed restricted substances (including drug driving)
• Organised criminal groups.

Find out more on our website: www.police.nsw.gov.au/online_services/security_licensing_and_enforcement_directorate/security_licences/refusal,_revocation_and_right_of_review

The proposed remake of the Security Industry Regulation 2016 is open for public consultation until Friday 3 July 2026. ...
15/06/2026

The proposed remake of the Security Industry Regulation 2016 is open for public consultation until Friday 3 July 2026. The draft includes several key changes that will affect NSW security licensees, including:

• the addition of a three-year licence term for both operative and Master licences
• removal of the $65 fee for certain amendments where a licence reissue is not required
• expansion of some disqualifying offences.

Read the full draft and provide your feedback here: www.nsw.gov.au/have-your-say/security-industry-regulation-2016-remake

It might sound obvious, but we get this a lot: if you’ve just applied for a security licence, DON’T LEAVE THE COUNTRY. Y...
10/06/2026

It might sound obvious, but we get this a lot: if you’ve just applied for a security licence, DON’T LEAVE THE COUNTRY. You can’t be fingerprinted or photographed from overseas. You must be in NSW. If you’re leaving the country, don’t apply until you get back.

Adding a subclass to your licence? If there are training requirements for that subclass, you must include the qualificat...
09/06/2026

Adding a subclass to your licence? If there are training requirements for that subclass, you must include the qualifications with your application. No training, no subclass.

The SLED Contact Centre will be closed for the King’s birthday long weekend on Monday 8 June 2026. We’ll be back from 9a...
05/06/2026

The SLED Contact Centre will be closed for the King’s birthday long weekend on Monday 8 June 2026. We’ll be back from 9am on Tuesday 9 June 2026.

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