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Fees for security personnel permit and security company
licence
The Governor-in-Council has endorsed the regulation to prescribe the fees for security personnel permits and security company licences issued under the Security and Guarding Services Ordinance, the Government announced today (Wednesday).
The Security and Guarding Services (Fees) Regulation will be gazetted on Friday (June 23).
Principal Assistant Secretary for Security Mr Jack Chan said the Security and Guarding Services Ordinance, enacted last December, provided for a licensing scheme under which security personnel and security companies must hold valid permits and licences respectively, in order to perform security work for reward.
"The Ordinance also provides for the charging of fees for the application and issue of the permits and licences," he said.
"The aim of the licensing scheme is to regulate the security and guarding services industry with a view to upgrading its standard of service."
Mr Chan explained that it was Government policy that fees should generally be set at levels sufficient to recover the full costs of providing the services, and that the proposed fees for the security personnel permits and security company licences were charged according to this principle.
Under the Ordinance, a permit or a licence will normally be valid for five years. The fee for the application of a permit is $50, and for its issue is $120 for five years, or for the validity period of the permit if it is less than five years.
The fee for the application of a licence is $3,500, and for its issue ranges from $78,050 to $235,400 for five years, depending on the nature and number of types of security work involved.
The licence fee may be paid by equal annual instalments. In effect, it ranges from $15,610 to $47,080 per annum,
The following table sets out the proposed licence fees for companies engaging in different types of security work: