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Statutory guidance: SIA: Get Licensed

Security Industry Authority

February 3
09:09 2025

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Read Get Licensed to understand the criteria you must meet in order to hold an SIA licence.

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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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