Secure Communities Partnership Program Round 3 – Small Business Security Grants

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SCPP Round 3 – Small Business Security Grants application

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

The SCCP Round 3 Small Business Security Grants supports eligible Queensland small businesses for preventative security projects, such as alarm systems, access control, surveillance, lighting and physical security.

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

ℹ️ How to complete this page (Not Applicable)

To complete this page, you must:

read and accept the privacy statement
choose who is applying
check the applicant meets each eligibility requirement
confirm you are the Responsible Person authorised to apply on the applicant's behalf and you are not a third party
confirm your project meets each eligibility requirement.

You can find the program guidelines on the Small business security grants (Secure Communities Partnership Program) | Business Queensland page.

⚠️ Warning: You can only submit one application per business, related party or financial beneficiary. A property owner or lessor can submit separate applications for different small business tenants.

Applicant means the business entity applying for the grant. The applicant enters into the Funding Agreement and is not the person completing this form. If a property owner or lessor applies for a tenant, the applicant is the owner or lessor, not the tenant.

Related party or financial beneficiary means a person or entity likely to benefit financially from the application or grant. This can include companies with shared ownership or directors, employees and immediate family members.

Privacy statement (Not Applicable)

The Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business (CDSB, we) 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.

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.

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 type (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

Who is applying? * Required

Response required.

Small business applying for its own security improvements

Property owner/lessor/authorised party for a tenant

Clear the selected value for Who is applying?

ℹ️ Property owner or lessor includes a body corporate, trustee, property manager or other authorised entity.

Small business eligibility (Not Applicable)

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

"I confirm I have read, understood and accept the privacy statement." on page 1
"Who is applying?" on page 1

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

Response required.Response required.

have 19 employees or fewer, counted by headcount (1);

have an aggregated turnover (2) 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 (3) (4);

be operating and have an active ABN (3);

have traded for at least 1 year;

be registered for GST on the Australian Business Register (3);

have a registered Queensland headquarters or main business location (as shown on your Australian Business Register record) (3);

not be insolvent, and not have owners or directors who are bankrupt or undischarged from bankruptcy (3);

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

not have previously been approved and received funding under the Secure Communities Partnership Program.

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

At least 10 choices must be selected.

(1) Headcount includes all full-time, part-time and casual employees paid a salary or wage. It does not include business owners, non-executive directors, contractors or volunteers.
(2) Aggregated turnover has the meaning given in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
(3) Your business must remain eligible for the full duration of the grant-funded project.
(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.

Property owner or lessor eligibility (Not Applicable)

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

"I confirm I have read, understood and accept the privacy statement." on page 1
"Who is applying?" on page 1

To be eligible for this grant, you must: * Required

Response required.Response required.

be operating and have an active ABN (3);

have traded for at least 1 year;

be registered for GST on the Australian Business Register (3);

have the legal capacity and authority to undertake the project, enter into a Funding Agreement and be accountable for the grant funding; and

not be insolvent and, if an individual, not be bankrupt or undischarged from bankruptcy.

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

At least 5 choices must be selected.

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

Response required.Response required.

operate a commercial business at the premises;

have 19 employees or fewer, counted by headcount (1);

have an aggregated turnover (2) of $10 million or less in the 2025-26 financial year; and

not have previously received or benefited from funding under the Secure Communities Partnership Program for its own security improvements.

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

At least 4 choices must be selected.

Confirmations (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

I confirm the applicant and any small business tenant (if applicable) meet the eligibility requirements above. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I confirm the applicant and any small business tenant (if applicable) meet the eligibility requirements above.

I am the Responsible Person applying on the applicant's behalf. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I am the Responsible Person applying on the applicant's behalf.

ℹ️ Responsible Person (also known as Authorised Party) means the person nominated by the applicant, who is an owner, business partner, director, trustee, public officer, office bearer, company secretary, appropriately authorised representative or an employee at manager level or above with a direct link to the applicant who will be responsible for the Funding Agreement.

I am not a third party applying on the applicant's behalf. * Required

Response required.

Yes

Clear the selected value for I am not a third party applying on the applicant's behalf.

ℹ️ Third parties include businesses, financial advisers, accountants, consultants or suppliers involved in the grant-funded activity. An authorised property owner, lessor, trustee, body corporate or property manager applying for a small business tenant is not a third party.

Project eligibility (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

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 or configure security equipment to directly protect the eligible small business activity (2);

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;

be completed at Queensland commercial premises (3) or on mobile business assets (4) used in the business;

not include security improvements to residential premises; and

not include any ineligible activities or costs (5).

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

At least 8 choices must be selected.

(1) Refer to section 2.2 of the program guidelines.
(2) You must own, control or have lawful authority to install and maintain the security equipment. This includes premises leased to a small business.
(3) This includes commercial farm or agricultural facilities, and an eligible commercial tenancy within a mixed-use strata scheme. For a property owner or lessor, the premises are the tenant's.
(4) A mobile business asset is a vehicle, trailer, cart or other asset you use in carrying on your business in Queensland. You can include more than one asset in a project.

We may ask for more evidence to confirm the asset belongs to your business.
The Funding Agreement may require you to keep the asset for a specified period after project completion.
You must not sell, transfer or dispose of it during this period, unless CDSB approves.

(5) Refer to sections 3.6 and 4.1.2 of the program guidelines.

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 and any small business tenant (if applicable) meet the eligibility requirements above." on page 1
"I am not a third party applying on the applicant's behalf." on page 1
"I am the Responsible Person applying on the applicant's behalf." 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.

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Property owner or lessor eligibility (Not Applicable)

Confirmations (Not Applicable)

Project eligibility (Not Applicable)

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CDSB SmartyGrants Portal

Grant Information

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CDSB SmartyGrants Portal

Grant Information

SmartyGrants Technical Assistance

Acknowledgement of Country

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