Statutory guidance

SIA: Get Licensed

This document sets out the rules the SIA uses to make licensing decisions.

From:
Security Industry Authority
Published
1 April 2021
Last updated
3 February 2025 鈥� See all updates

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Details

Read 鈥楪et Licensed鈥� to understand the criteria you must meet in order to hold an SIA licence.

Updates to this page

Published 1 April 2021
Last updated 3 February 2025 show all updates

  1. Updated Get Licensed document.

  2. Replaced the document with the version published on 29 July 2022. The new version updates the criteria relating to the qualifications required for a close protection licence. It also removes a small number of offences from the list of relevant offences and changes the descriptions of a small number of other offences.

  3. Replaced the document with the version published on 1 April 2022. The new version contains updated information relating to the qualifications required for a close protection licence.

  4. Replaced the document with the version published on 1 October 2021.

  5. First published.

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