Amendment of the Private Security Industry (Licences) Regulations 2004
7. (1) Regulation 5 (licence fee) is amended as follows.
(2) The existing text of that regulation is to be paragraph (1).
(3) Before “The fee payable” insert “Subject to paragraph (2),”.
(4) After that paragraph insert—

“(2) Where a licensee is granted a licence (licence B) at any time when a previous licence granted to him remains valid for a period of at least 4 months (licence A), the licensee may apply for a refund of 50% of the licence fee payable in relation to licence B where the conditions in paragraph (3) are satisfied.
(3) The conditions applicable for the purposes of paragraph (2) are—
(a) no refund under paragraph (2) has previously been granted to the licensee in respect of licence A;
(b) licence B does not relate to any activities to which paragraph 3 or 3A of Schedule 2 to the Act apply; and
(c) licence B does not relate to the same category of licensable activity as licence A.”