Private Security (Licensing and Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
These Regulations start on 31 October 2025 and update the standards for security equipment access-control licence applicants and renewals.
S.I. No. 489/2025 - Private Security (Licensing and Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Download PDF Ãoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 17 th October, 2025. The Private Security Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 51 of the Private Security Services Act 2004 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Private Security (Licensing and Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. 2. These Regulations come into operation on 31st October 2025. 3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Private Security (Licensing and Standards) Regulations 2023 ( S.I. No. 140 of 2023 ). 4. The Principal Regulations are amended by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 2: “2A. (1) The PSA 80:2025 standards specified in Regulation 5 in relation to new applicants for the category of licensee “installer of security equipment (access control)” apply from 31st October 2025. (2) The PSA 80:2025 standards specified in Regulation 5 in relation to the category of licensee “installer of security equipment (access control)” apply from the date of the next instance of renewal of an existing licence.” 5. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting for row 4 of the Table the following: installer of security equipment (access control) PSA Licensing Requirements for Security Service Providers (PSA 74:2019) PSA Licensing Requirements – Electronic Security – Access Control (PSA 67:2021) PSA Licensing Requirements – Electronic Security – Powered Gates (PSA 80:2025) GIVEN under my Official Seal, 30 September, 2025. JIM O’CALLAGHAN, GIVEN under the seal of the Private Security Authority, 8 October, 2025. JILLIAN VAN TURNHOUT, JOHN PHELAN, Chief Executive.