Ongoing requirements for private investigators
This page provides information about your ongoing requirements to keep your private investigator licence. For example, you must:
- renew your private investigator licence before it expires—you can't work on an expired licence
- update your address details with the Office of Fair Trading within 7 days of moving
- prevent domestic or family violence (DFV) and avoid facilitating coercive control when working as a private investigator.
Find out what you must do.
More information
- Read about what private investigators do.
- Read about your legal requirements and penalties for breaches.
- Find out how to replace a private investigator licence that's been lost, stolen or destroyed.
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