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The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

S.I. 2026/456 · Made 23 April 2026

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SECURITY INDUSTRY

Made 23rd April 2026

Laid before Parliament 27th April 2026

Coming into force 1st June 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8 (7), 15 (8) and 24 (5) of the Private Security Industry Act 2001f1.

In accordance with section 24 (4) of that Actf2, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland and the Security Industry Authority.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c. 12. See section 24(1) of this Act for the definition of “prescribed”.

f2

Section 24(4) was amended by section 171 and paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 15 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) and S.I. 2010/976.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendments of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007
  3. 3Amendment of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Approved Contractor Scheme) Regulations 2007
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 1st June 2026.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2Amendments of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007

(1)

The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 8 (fee to be paid on application for licence)—

(a)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

Where a person submits a single application form in application for the grant of two or more licences, the fee payable on application for each licence additional to the first (“an additional licence”) is—

(a)

where an additional licence relates to any activities to which paragraph 3 or 3A of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act applies, the fee prescribed by paragraph (1);

(b)

otherwise, 50% of the fee prescribed by paragraph (1).”;

(b)

omit paragraphs (2) and (3).

(3)

In regulation 9 (transitional provision)f2—

(a)

the existing text becomes paragraph (1);

(b)

after that paragraph insert—

“(2)

The fee arrangements provided for by regulation 8(1A) apply to any application for the grant of a licence which is received by the Authority on or after 1st June 2026.”.

3Amendment of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Approved Contractor Scheme) Regulations 2007

In the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Approved Contractor Scheme) Regulations 2007f1, in regulation 5, for “£15” substitute “£25”.

Signature

Dan Jarvis

Minister of State

Home Office

23rd April 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulations made under the Private Security Industry Act 2001.

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 8(2) and (3) of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 regulations”) to change the circumstances in which a discount can be received when applying for a licence. Previously, a person could apply for a 50% refund of their application fee when a previous licence remained valid for a period of at least four months, where a refund had not previously been granted, and where the additional licence was not in the same category as the first licence and was not a vehicle immobilisation licence. Now, a person will receive a 50% discount on any additional licence where they made the application for the licence in the same application form as the first. An additional licence that is a vehicle immobilisation licence will not receive the 50% discount.

Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 9 of the 2007 regulations to provide that the updated discount applies to any qualifying application for the grant of a licence made to the Security Industry Authority on or after 1st June 2026.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 5 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Approved Contractor Scheme) Regulations 2007 to increase the annual fee payable for each person undertaking licensable conduct from £15 to £25.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.