In October 2010 the Government announced that the Security Industry Authority would no longer be an NDPB (Non-Departmental Public Body) and there will be a phased transition to a new regulatory regime for the private security industry. This means that the SIA will change from its current set up, but that the private security industry throughout the UK will continue to be regulated.
The Government has asked the SIA to lead the security industry in setting up a new system of regulation, and that is what we are now working towards. The potential regulation of private investigation will be reviewed as part of the development of the new regulatory framework.
More about the future of regulation