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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 456
SECURITY INDUSTRY
The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences
and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
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 2001(1).
In accordance with section 24(4) of that Act(2), the Secretary of State has consulted with the
Scottish Ministers, the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland and the Security Industry Authority.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(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.
Amendments of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007
2.—(1) The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007(3) 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).”;
(1) 2001 c. 12. See section 24(1) of this Act for the definition of “prescribed”.
(2) 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.
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(b) omit paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3) In regulation 9 (transitional provision)(4)—
(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.”.
Amendment of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Approved Contractor Scheme)
Regulations 2007
3. In the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Approved Contractor Scheme) Regulations 2007(5),
in regulation 5, for “£15” substitute “£25”.
Dan Jarvis
Minister of State
23rd April 2026 Home Office
(4) Regulation 9 was amended by S.I. 2023/193.
(5) S.I. 2007/808; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2504, 2011/2917.
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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.
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