National Security Inspectorate
GUARDING AND CASH SERVICES APPROVAL SCHEMES
APPLICATION FOR NSI ‘PASSPORT SPECIFICATION’ APPROVAL
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1. NAME OF APPLICANT COMPANY:
(give full legal name and any trading names)
If Limited or plc, please give Company Registration Number: …………………………………….
2. NSI APPROVED COMPANY STATUS
2.1 If you are not an existing NSI Guarding Gold or Cash Services Gold approved company, please complete an application form, obtainable from the address below.
3. PASSPORT ROUTE TO SIA APPROVED CONTRACTOR SCHEME
3.1 Confirm the scope of approval you are applying for, or have, within the NSI Guarding Gold or Cash Services Gold scheme.
/ Activity / Relevant RequirementsMobile and/or static site guarding / BS 7499
CCTV monitoring (Public Space Surveillance) / BS 7958
Door supervision / BS 7960
Keyholding & alarm response / BS 7984
Cash & valuables in transit / BS 7872
Event Stewarding & Crowd Safety / BS 8406
Retail security / NCP 101
Security consultancy / BS 8549
Other security activities: (please specify)
3.2 If you intend to use your approval to the NSI Passport Specification as a means of obtaining, or maintaining your existing SIA Approved Contractor status (via the ACS Passport route), please complete the following table to indicate the scope you are applying for, or already hold, within the SIA Approved Contractor Scheme.
/ Licensable Sector / LicenceClose protection / CP
Door supervision / DS
Security guarding / SG
Public space surveillance CCTV / PSS
Cash & valuables in transit / CViT
Vehicle immobilisation / VI
Key holding / KH
Private Investigator / PI
Security consultant / SC
3.3 NSI approved companies must, as a minimum, have the relevant British Standards or recognised Codes of Practice within their NSI Scope of Approval. They must be compatible with the Licensable Sector for which the company is applying (or already has) approval within the SIA Approved Contractor Scheme.
3.4 Further information on the licensable sectors available to the SIA Approved Contractor Scheme and the appropriate British Standards or recognised Code of Practice, is shown at Table A in the NSI Passport Specification document.
3.5 If your existing NSI Scope of Approval does not cover all of the Licensable Sectors, for which you are applying (or already hold) approval within the SIA Approved Contractor Scheme, then please list, below, the additional activities and British Standards for which you also wish to apply.
Additional activity / Relevant British Standard4. PREMISES AND EMPLOYEES
4.1 Approval to the NSI Passport Specification applies across all of your locations. Please confirm all locations (e.g. head offices, branch offices) where this will be applicable:
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4.2 Number of licensable employees: ……………………………………………………………..
5. READINESS FOR INSPECTION
5.1 The verification of your application will consist of:
(a)A review of your Quality Manual, Policies and Procedures, to ensure the appropriate references have been made to management control, operational activities and responsibilities pertinent to the NSI Passport Specification Additional Criteria.
(These documents should be enclosed with this application.)
(b)Where necessary, an ‘extension to scope’ assessment visit will be required.
(This assessment visit will incur a charge at the current NSI man-day rate.)
5.2 Please state the earliest date when you will be ready to receive a visit (where necessary) for the purposes of verifying your application for NSI Passport Specification approval.
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6. CONTACT PERSON
6.1 Please name the person whom we should contact in connection with this application and to schedule an assessment visit (where necessary).
Name of person: …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Contact Tel. No. …………………………………………… Mobile: .………………..……………………...
Address: ………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………
7. ANY OTHER INFORMATION
7.1 Any other information in support of your application (please attach separate sheet).
8. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
8.1 NSI is part of Insight Certification Ltd which has signed the SIA ACS Agreement to act as an ACS Assessing Body (April 2010). In continuing to provide the Standard route to ACS approval, and conduct subsequent re-verification visits to Approved Contractors, NSI remains bound by that Agreement. In implementing the Passport route, NSI will continue to act in accordance with the Agreement.
8.2 NSI approved companies that hold the NSI Passport Specification and use the SIA Passport route to become, and remain, SIA Approved Contractors will remain liable for the same disclosure of information to SIA. Agreement to such disclosure of information to the SIA is a condition of approval to the NSI Passport Specification for such companies.
8.3 If one or more Improvement Needs are identified at a NSI approved company that holds the NSI Passport Specification, a response will be required from the Company within 5 days detailing its action plan to address the identified Improvement Need(s) and a re-visit will be conducted to ensure the aspects identified have been satisfactorily addressed. The re-visit will, wherever possible, be conducted within a 4 – 6 week timescale.
8.4 The inclusion of the Passport Specification in a NSI approved company’s Scope of Approval does not, in itself, confer the right for that company to claim SIA Approved Contractor status.
8.5 Granting (and/or retaining) SIA Approved Contractor status rests solely with the SIA and the company’s ability to continue to meet the SIA ACS Terms and Conditions of Approval.
It is an offence against the Private Security Industry Act 2001 to make false claims of registration within the Approved Contractor Scheme.
8.6 Further Terms and Conditions are detailed in section 5 of the NSI Passport Specification.
9. DECLARATION
9.1 We, being the applicant company shown at 1 above, hereby apply to include the NSI Passport Specification, and any other applicable British Standards, into our NSI Scope of Approval. We have read and understood the Terms and Conditions in 8 above, and hereby agree to abide by, and to be bound by, the NSI Regulations and other Rules and to pay the appropriate application fee and other applicable fees.
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Name ......
(for and on behalf of the Company named above)
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Name ......
(for and on behalf of the Company named above)
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Name ......
(for and on behalf of the Company named above)
Signed ...... Date...... …….. . .
Name ......
(for and on behalf of the Company named above)
In the case of an incorporated company, at least one director should sign. In the case of a partnership/Limited Liability Partnership, all partners/members should sign.
Please return this form to:
NATIONAL SECURITY INSPECTORATE,
Sentinel House, 5 Reform Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 8BY
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