Full Regulatory Impact Assessment for Manned Guards & Keyholders

Appendix 8Industry Consultation on the Transitional arrangements for Security GuardsSince the consultation on the development of the competency for licensing, where viewson licensing in general were received from the industry, the SIA hosted a comprehensiveworkshop in January 2004. The aim of workshop, which consisted of directors of securityguarding companies, industry and SIA representatives, was to provide an opportunity forall to voice their views and/or concerns on the impact of licensing and the way forward.The workshop tasks involved addressing the following questions:a. What are the opportunities for your commercial needs provided by theregulation (as it is currently framed) and the transition to regulation?b. What are the threats to your commercial needs provided by the regulation(as it is currently framed) and the transition to regulation?c. As SIA Board or Executive, what are “the must haves” for the SIA to beeffective in its role of regulating the security guarding sectors?d. As a senior industry leader, what are “the must haves” for your industry tobe commercially viable within a new regulatory regime?e. What does the industry already know that will enable you to start yourplanning or regulation?f. To enable you to plan for regulation, what are the key pieces ofinformation you need and what are the lead times for each piece of thatinformation?An initial discussion with key industry perspectives to explore feasible solutions to meetboth the SIA requirements and address the industry critical transitional issues wasarranged on 7 May 2004.A wider consultation of the transitional proposal was under taken. This included aninvitation to the British Security Industry Association and the International ProfessionalSecurity Association (IPSA) to;‣ collate the views of their security guarding members‣ accept the agreements outlined and make an offer of monthly licenceapplication profiles for their members spread over the transitional periodcovering all security guarding sectors e.g. SG, CP and CVITThe transitional proposal was also send to small and large companies.The SIA delivered workshops (awareness sessions) on security guarding transition andlicensing. The details of these awareness sessions can be seen below:DATE Venue/ Location AttendedThursday 23 Sep 04 London 32 BSIA membersWednesday 6 Oct BSIA offices - 34 BSIA members04WorcesterWednesday 13 Oct North - Manchester 32 BSIA members0405 November 2004 London 25 Non BSIAmembers46