Private Security Industry (Regulated Agencies, Private Investigators and Security Officers) Regulations 2009

No. S 167

Private Security Industry Act

(Chapter 250A)

Private Security Industry (Regulated Agencies, Private Investigators and Security Officers) Regulations 2009

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 39 of the Private Security Industry Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Private Security Industry (Regulated Agencies, Private Investigators and Security Officers) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 27th April 2009.

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Application for private investigation agency’s licence and security agency’s licence

2.  Every application for a private investigation agency’s licence or a security agency’s licence shall be made using the electronic service provided by the licensing officer.

3.  [Deleted by S 588/2025 wef 15/09/2025]

Fee for private investigation agency’s licence

4.  The fee payable for a private investigation agency’s licence is $812.

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5.  [Deleted by S 588/2025 wef 15/09/2025]

Fee for security agency’s licence

6.  The fee payable for a security agency’s licence is $400.

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Application for private investigator’s licence and security officer’s licence

7.  Every application for a private investigator’s licence or a security officer’s licence shall be made using the electronic service provided by the licensing officer.

Application fee for private investigator’s licence or security officer’s licence

8.  The fee payable for an application for a private investigator’s licence or a security officer’s licence is $16.

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Submission of information to licensing officer under sections 8 and 16 of Act

9.  Where a person is required under section 8(3) or 16(3) of the Act to inform the licensing officer of the employment or termination of employment of a licensed private investigator or a licensed security officer (as the case may be), the information shall be submitted to the licensing officer using the electronic service provided by the licensing officer.

Submission of information to licensing officer under sections 9 and 17 of Act

10.  Where a person is required under section 9(1) or 17(1) of the Act to inform the licensing officer of the employment or termination of employment of any person other than as a private investigator or a security officer, the information shall be submitted to the licensing officer using the electronic service provided by the licensing officer.

Register of employees and deployment sites

11.—(1)  A licensed private investigation agency or a licensed security agency shall at all times maintain an up-to-date register of all persons employed by it as a private investigator or as a security officer.

(2)  A licensed security agency shall at all times maintain an up-to-date register of all places in which the security officers employed by it are deployed for work.

(3)  The registers referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be maintained by the licensed private investigation agency or licensed security agency, as the case may be, in the appropriate form and manner provided under the electronic service provided by the licensing officer.

Change of particulars

12.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), a licensee shall, not later than 14 days after the date of any change taking place in any of the particulars that were declared by the licensee in his application for a licence, inform the licensing officer in writing of the change.

(2)  Where a licensee who has changed his residential address makes a report not later than 14 days after the date of the change under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965, he shall be deemed to have informed the licensing officer of the change in his residential address in compliance with paragraph (1) so far as that paragraph applies to residential addresses.

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Notification of change in particulars of directors or partners, etc.

14.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), where —

(a) a licensee is a company; and

(b) there is a change in the particulars of the licensee’s directors that were declared in the licensee’s application for a licence,

the licensee must, not later than 14 days after the date of the change, notify the licensing officer of the change using the electronic service provided by the licensing officer.

(2)  If —

(a) the licensee is required under section 173A of the Companies Act 1967 to furnish the Registrar (as defined in section 4(1) of that Act) the information about the change mentioned in paragraph (1)(b); and

(b) the information about the change is furnished to the Registrar not later than 14 days after the date of the change,

the licensee is deemed to have notified the licensing officer of the change in compliance with paragraph (1).

(3)  Subject to paragraph (4), where —

(a) a licensee is a limited liability partnership; and

(b) there is a change in the particulars of the licensee’s partners that were declared in the licensee’s application for a licence,

the licensee must, not later than 14 days after the date of the change, notify the licensing officer of the change using the electronic service provided by the licensing officer.

(4)  If —

(a) the licensee is required under section 34 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 to lodge with the Registrar (as defined in section 2(1) of that Act) a statement about the change mentioned in paragraph (3)(b); and

(b) the statement about the change is lodged with the Registrar not later than 14 days after the date of the change,

the licensee is deemed to have notified the licensing officer of the change in compliance with paragraph (3).

(5)  Subject to paragraphs (6), (7) and (8), where there is a change in the identity or particulars of any person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of a licensee, the licensee must, not later than 14 days after the date of the change, notify the licensing officer in writing of the change.

(6)  Paragraph (5) does not apply to a licensee which is a company or limited liability partnership if the person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of the licensee is a director or partner of the licensee.

(7)  If —

(a) the licensee is required under section 386AN of the Companies Act 1967 to lodge with the Registrar (as defined in section 4(1) of that Act) the information about the change mentioned in paragraph (5); and

(b) the information about the change is lodged with the Registrar not later than 14 days after the date of the change,

the licensee is deemed to have notified the licensing officer of the change in compliance with paragraph (5).

(8)  If —

(a) the licensee is required under section 54 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 to lodge with the Registrar (as defined in section 2(1) of that Act) the information about the change mentioned in paragraph (5); and

(b) the information about the change is lodged with the Registrar not later than 14 days after the date of the change,

the licensee is deemed to have notified the licensing officer of the change in compliance with paragraph (5).

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Request for information

15.  The licensing officer may, at any time by notice in writing, require a licensee to furnish him, not later than 14 days after the date of the notice, with any information the licensing officer may require concerning the licensee’s business or employees.

 

Made this 23rd day of April 2009.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA(PS)10/4/001; AG/LEG/SL/250A/2008/1 Vol. 1]