Secure Communities Partnership Program Round 3 - Shared Security Grants

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SCPP Round 3 – Shared Security Grants application

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⚠️ This application form is for the Secure Communities Partnership Program (SCPP) Round 3 – Shared Security Grants Program.

The SCPP Round 3 Shared Security Grants program supports larger security projects providing shared security benefits across multiple Queensland small and family businesses at an eligible commercial site or precinct.

If you are intending to apply for the SCPP Round 3 – Small Business Security Grant Program, please return to the CDSB SmartyGrants Portal home page and select the Small Business Security Grant application form.

ℹ️ Key information (Not Applicable)

You can apply for a grant of between $20,000 and $200,000 (excluding GST).

You must contribute at least 50% of the total eligible project cost. This means your total eligible project cost must be at least $40,000 (excluding GST).

Applications are competitively assessed.
Before completing this application, please read the Shared Security Grants Program Guidelines.
CDSB is not able to assist in preparing applications.

If you have questions about the program, including eligibility and how to apply, contact:

Email: business@cdsb.qld.gov.au
Phone: 13 QGOV (13 74 68)

⚠️ You can only submit one Shared Security Grants application per applicant. You can apply for a Small Business Security Grant for a separate project, but we will not fund the same business twice at the same location.

Privacy statement (Not Applicable)

The Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business (CDSB) collects your personal information in this application to:

assess your eligibility to receive grant funding under the program;
administer the grant and ensure compliance with the program guidelines and the Funding Agreement; and
tell you about relevant services and information.

We will also use this information to monitor, evaluate, report, audit and promote the program.

We are authorised or required to collect this personal information for these purposes under section 61 of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 (Qld).

We may collect personal information about you from another person or entity (such as the Australian Business Register, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or your grant project supplier) to ensure compliance with the program guidelines and the Funding Agreement.

We cannot assess your application or process your grant without this information.

We may disclose the personal information we collect to:

the relevant Minister (including their advisers);
the Parliament of the State of Queensland (including Parliamentary Committees);
Queensland Government departments and agencies; and
external parties engaged to assist in the administration, monitoring, or auditing of the program.

If your application is successful, we may publish your business name, funding amount, suburb or postcode and project outcomes.

We will not otherwise disclose your personal information to a third party without your agreement, except as required by the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) or when we are authorised or required under Australian law, court, or tribunal.

If you give us personal information about other people, such as contacts for the businesses at your site, you must tell them you have done so and why.

Read our Privacy Policy for more information about your privacy, including how you can access and amend your personal information or complain about our management of it.

I confirm I have read, understood and accept the privacy statement. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I confirm I have read, understood and accept the privacy statement.

⚠️ Warning: Did not accept the privacy statement (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "I confirm I have read, understood and accept the privacy statement." on page 1

You have selected No to the Privacy Statement question.

If you submit your application without accepting the privacy statement, the form will be incomplete and CDSB will not assess it.

Applicant category check (Not Applicable)

ℹ️ Choose the option matching who is applying. Both options need a project at an eligible Queensland commercial site, with a direct and material security benefit to at least two eligible small businesses.

Small Business applicant

You are a small business with 19 or fewer employees and turnover of $10 million or less.
You have ownership, management responsibility or other lawful authority over the site.
Your own business can benefit, but the project must not mainly serve your business alone.
You meet the ABN, GST, trading history and Queensland location requirements.

Property owner or precinct-led project

You are a property owner, lessor, body corporate, trustee, property manager or other authorised entity.
You do not need to be a small business or operate a business at the site.
Your property ownership group has aggregated annual turnover of $50 million or less.
The site must meet the precinct size limits.
If you are an agent or property manager, you apply on behalf of the property owner or lessor and must provide evidence of your authority.
You meet the ABN, GST and trading history requirements.

Which applicant category are you applying under? * Required

Response required.

Small business applicant

Property owner or precinct-led project

Clear the selected value for Which applicant category are you applying under?

Eligibility requirements (Not Applicable)

Read the eligibility requirements for your business and project in the sections below. Check your business and project against each requirement, then confirm you are eligible.

Applicant eligibility: Small business applicant (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Which applicant category are you applying under?" on page 1

To be eligible for this grant, the applicant must: * Required

Response required.Response required.

have ownership, management responsibility or other lawful authority to undertake the proposed works at the project site (1);

have 19 employees or fewer, counted by headcount (2);

have an aggregated turnover (3) of $10 million or less in the 2025-26 financial year;

carry on an ongoing commercial activity and substantively engage in offering goods or services to the market (1) (4);

be operating and have an active ABN (1);

have traded for at least 1 year;

be registered for GST on the Australian Business Register (1);

have a registered Queensland headquarters or main business location on the Australian Business Register (1);

not be insolvent, and not have owners, trustees or directors who are bankrupt or undischarged from bankruptcy (1);

not be a subsidiary of a group of companies employing 20 or more people in total;

not have been previously approved for, or received, funding under the Secure Communities Partnership Program; and

not be a Queensland or Australian Government department or agency, or a local government (1) (5).

Clear the selected value for To be eligible for this grant, the applicant must:

At least 12 choices must be selected.

(1) Your business must remain eligible for the full duration of the grant-funded project.

(2) Headcount includes: all full-time, part-time, and casual employees who receive a salary or wage from the business. Do not include business owners, non-executive directors, contractors or volunteers.

(3) Aggregated turnover has the meaning given in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth).

(4) We determine eligibility from the nature and extent of an entity's activities, not its legal structure or status. An entity may be eligible if a substantial or predominant part of its activities is supplying goods or services to the general public for consideration. An entity whose main activities are recreational, social or member-based on a non-market basis is not generally eligible. Incidental trading, such as a canteen, bar, kiosk or merchandise outlet, does not by itself make an entity eligible.

(5) A local government is eligible only where it is a separately constituted local government-owned or controlled entity carrying on commercial activities and otherwise meets these requirements. Refer to section 3.3.3 of the program guidelines.

Applicant eligibility: Property owner or precinct-led project (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Which applicant category are you applying under?" on page 1

To be eligible for this grant, the applicant must: * Required

Response required.Response required.

have ownership, management responsibility or other lawful authority to undertake the proposed works at the project site (1);

have the legal capacity to enter into and comply with the Funding Agreement (1);

belong to, or act for, a property ownership group (2) with aggregated annual turnover (3) of $50 million or less in the 2025-26 financial year;

be operating and have an active ABN (1);

have traded for at least 1 year;

be registered for GST on the Australian Business Register (1);

not be insolvent, and not have owners, trustees or directors who are bankrupt or undischarged from bankruptcy (1);

not be a Queensland or Australian Government department or agency, or a local government (1) (4); and

if you are an agent or property manager, have written authority to act for the property owner or lessor.

Clear the selected value for To be eligible for this grant, the applicant must:

At least 9 choices must be selected.

(1) You must remain eligible for the full duration of the grant-funded project.

(2) The property ownership group includes the property owner or lessor and its connected entities and affiliates, including holding entities and trusts. If an agent, property manager or other management authority applies, the test applies to the owners group, not only to the agent or manager.

(3) Aggregated turnover has the meaning given in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth).

(4) A local government is eligible only where it is a separately constituted local government-owned or controlled entity that carries on commercial activities and otherwise meets these requirements. Refer to section 3.3.3 of the programguidelines.

Eligibility confirmation (Not Applicable)

I confirm the applicant meets the eligibility requirements above. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I confirm the applicant meets the eligibility requirements above.

I am the Responsible Person for the applicant and am authorised to submit this application on its behalf. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I am the Responsible Person for the applicant and am authorised to submit this application on its behalf.

ℹ️ Responsible Person (also known as the Authorised Party) is an owner, director, trustee, senior employee (manager level or above), property manager or other person with authority to act for the applicant. They must be located in Australia and will sign the Funding Agreement if the application is approved. See the Responsible Person Details section for the full requirements.

I am applying directly for the applicant, not as a third party. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I am applying directly for the applicant, not as a third party.

ℹ️ Third parties include business or financial advisers, accountants, consultants and suppliers involved in the grant-funded activity. A property manager or agent with written authority from the property owner is not a third party and can apply.

Project eligibility: Small business applicant (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Which applicant category are you applying under?" on page 1

To be eligible for this grant, your project must: * Required

Response required.Response required.

not already be funded from another source, including another State or Commonwealth Government funding program;

align with the aims (1);

purchase, install, configure or construct security infrastructure responding to an identified security need and gives a direct and material benefit to at least two eligible small businesses at the site (2);

be delivered at an eligible Queensland commercial site or business precinct;

meet the Small Business occupancy test (3);

keep service costs, including installation, to 50% or less of total eligible project costs (4);

have any planning, building, regulatory, owner, body corporate or other third-party approvals, or be able to get them within the project period;

not start, and not involve any binding financial commitment, before CDSB approves your application and you accept the Funding Agreement;

be completed within 12 months after the Funding Agreement is executed;

not primarily benefit residential, recreational, sporting, social, community or member-only activities;

not split a larger project to avoid the funding cap or other requirements; and

include a 50% co-contribution and have a minimum project value of $40,000 (excluding GST).

Clear the selected value for To be eligible for this grant, your project must:

At least 12 choices must be selected.

(1) Refer to section 2.2 of the program guidelines.

(2) The project should generally be a coordinated, site-wide or shared improvement. It must not be directed mainly to the security needs of your own business.

(3) The site must be mostly occupied by eligible small businesses: at least 50% of occupied commercial tenancies for retail sites, or at least 50% of occupied commercial area for industrial, warehouse or trade sites. Vacant premises or non-commercial areas do not count. An eligible small business has 19 or fewer employees and aggregated annual turnover of $10 million or less. You declare this using your reasonable knowledge and readily available information, such as a tenancy schedule. Refer to section 3.4.1 of the program guidelines.

(4) Service costs include installation, commissioning, configuration, integration, training, design, engineering, project management and other professional services. Service costs do not include equipment, hardware, materials or security infrastructure purchased for, or incorporated into, the completed asset. For civil, electrical or building works, the materials are not a service cost, but the labour is. Ask your supplier to show materials and labour separately. Refer to section 4.1.1 of the program guidelines

Project eligibility: Property owner or precinct-led project (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Which applicant category are you applying under?" on page 1

To be eligible for this grant, your project must: * Required

Response required.Response required.

not already be funded from another source, including another State or Commonwealth Government funding program;

align with the aims (1);

purchase, install, configure or construct coordinated or shared security infrastructure that responds to an identified security need and gives a direct and material benefit to at least two eligible small businesses at the site (2);

be delivered at an eligible Queensland commercial site or business precinct;

meet the Small Business occupancy test (3);

meet the precinct size requirements (4);

keep service costs, including installation, to 50% or less of total eligible project costs (5);

have any planning, building, regulatory, owner, body corporate or other third-party approvals, or be able to get them within the project period;

not start, and not involve any binding financial commitment, before CDSB approves your application and you accept the Funding Agreement;

be completed within 12 months after the Funding Agreement is executed;

not primarily benefit residential, recreational, sporting, social, community or member-only activities;

not split a larger project to avoid the funding cap or other requirements; and

include a 50% co-contribution and have a minimum project value of $40,000 (excluding GST).

Clear the selected value for To be eligible for this grant, your project must:

At least 13 choices must be selected.

(1) Refer to section 2.2 of the program guidelines.

(2) The project should generally be a coordinated, site-wide or shared improvement across common areas, access points or multiple tenancies.

(4) A retail precinct must have less than 10,000 m² of total lettable area. An industrial, warehouse or trade precinct must have less than 20,000 m² of lettable or gross floor area. Mixed sites are assessed proportionately. Refer to section 3.4.2 of the program guidelines.

(5)Service costs include installation, commissioning, configuration, integration, training, design, engineering, project management and other professional services. Service costs do not include equipment, hardware, materials or security infrastructure purchased for, or incorporated into, the completed asset. For civil, electrical or building works, the materials are not a service cost, but the labour is. Ask your supplier to show materials and labour separately. Refer to section 4.1.1 of the program guidelines

Project eligibility check (Not Applicable)

I confirm my project meets the eligibility requirements above. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I confirm my project meets the eligibility requirements above.

⚠️ Warning: Your business or project may not be eligible (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to questions:

"I confirm the applicant meets the eligibility requirements above." on page 1
"I am the Responsible Person for the applicant and am authorised to submit this application on its behalf." on page 1
"I am applying directly for the applicant, not as a third party." on page 1
"I confirm my project meets the eligibility requirements above." on page 1

You have answered No to one or more eligibility questions.

If you submit your application with ineligible responses, CDSB will assess it as ineligible and it will not be approved for funding.

Secure Communities Partnership Program Round 3 - Shared Security Grants

SCPP Round 3 – Shared Security Grants application

ℹ️ Key information (Not Applicable)

Privacy statement (Not Applicable)

⚠️ Warning: Did not accept the privacy statement (Not Applicable)

Applicant category check (Not Applicable)

Eligibility requirements (Not Applicable)

Applicant eligibility: Small business applicant (Not Applicable)

Applicant eligibility: Property owner or precinct-led project (Not Applicable)

Eligibility confirmation (Not Applicable)

Project eligibility: Small business applicant (Not Applicable)

Project eligibility: Property owner or precinct-led project (Not Applicable)

Project eligibility check (Not Applicable)

⚠️ Warning: Your business or project may not be eligible (Not Applicable)

CDSB SmartyGrants Portal

Grant Information

SmartyGrants Technical Assistance

Acknowledgement of Country

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Secure Communities Partnership Program Round 3 - Shared Security Grants

SCPP Round 3 – Shared Security Grants application

ℹ️ Key information (Not Applicable)

Privacy statement (Not Applicable)

⚠️ Warning: Did not accept the privacy statement (Not Applicable)

Applicant category check (Not Applicable)

Eligibility requirements (Not Applicable)

Applicant eligibility: Small business applicant (Not Applicable)

Applicant eligibility: Property owner or precinct-led project (Not Applicable)

Eligibility confirmation (Not Applicable)

Project eligibility: Small business applicant (Not Applicable)

Project eligibility: Property owner or precinct-led project (Not Applicable)

Project eligibility check (Not Applicable)

⚠️ Warning: Your business or project may not be eligible (Not Applicable)

CDSB SmartyGrants Portal

Grant Information

SmartyGrants Technical Assistance

Acknowledgement of Country

Copyright statement