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.