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).”;
(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
Home Office
23rd April 2026
2001 c. 12. See section 24(1) of this Act for the definition of “prescribed”.
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.
S.I. 2007/810; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/2917, 2019/1086, 2023/193.
Regulation 9 was amended by S.I. 2023/193.
S.I. 2007/808; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2504, 2011/2917.