Amendment of the Private Security Industry (Licences) Regulations 20047

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.