The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Regulations revoked by regulation 10 of these Regulations. These Regulations make provision in relation to applications to the Security Industry Authority for the grant of licences under the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”) to engage in licensable conduct.

Regulation 1(2) and (3) provides that these Regulations extend to Scotland except that provision made for licences to engage in licensable conduct involving activities under paragraph 3 or 3A of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act (immobilisation, restriction and removal of vehicles) will not extend to licensable conduct undertaken in Scotland.

Regulation 3 prescribes the application form to be used for such applications. Regulation 4 prescribes the forms of licence to be issued for various types of licensable conduct. A distinction is made between licences for people who carry out that activity themselves (front line licensable conduct) and licences for those who act as manager, supervisor, employer or director etc of people who carry out that activity (non-front line licensable conduct), except in the case of keyholding activities.

Regulation 5 prescribes the conditions on which a licence may be granted and regulation 6 prescribes additional conditions which will apply to front line licences to engage in licensable conduct involving vehicle immobilisation, restriction or removal.

Regulation 7 makes provision for the scope of licences and in particular specifies where a licence in respect of one category of licensable activity will also be valid in respect of another category of licensable activity.

Regulation 8 specifies a fee of £245 to be paid to the Security Industry Authority on the making of an application for a licence and regulation 9 provides that this new fee applies to any application which is received by the Security Industry Authority on or after 6th April 2007. Previously a fee of £190 was specified and this is the principal amendment made by these Regulations. Regulation 10 revokes previous licence regulations made under the 2001 Act.