Guidance

Advice for SIA approved contractors

Understand how you can meet the ACS standard on matters including right to work, employment screening, licensing of directors and using overseas suppliers.

Documents

ACS: Directors and SIA licensing

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ACS: Right to work guidance

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ACS: Outsourced employment screening

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ACS: Using overseas suppliers

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An SIA approved contractor must comply with the law and meet the ACS standard.

Use ‘Directors and SIA licensing’ to understand the scope of SIA licensing and ensure that all of your directors comply with the law.

Use the ‘Right to work guidance’ to understand how you can show us that you are doing the required ‘right to work’ checks on your employees.

Use ‘Outsourced employment screening’ to understand what evidence you should give us to confirm that you are still meeting the ACS standard if your company outsources its employment screening.

Read ‘Using overseas suppliers’ to understand what you must do if you use overseas suppliers to deliver services in the UK.

Published 28 September 2020
Last updated 16 May 2022 + show all updates
  1. Removed the documents 'ACS: Guidance on employment status' and 'ACS: Preventing tax avoidance'. We have replaced these with the 'Learn how HMRC rules apply to the security operatives you deploy' guidance page.

  2. Added a new guidance document: 'ACS: Using overseas suppliers'

  3. First published.