Guidance

Maintaining your ACS approval

An SIA approved contractor is assessed every year, must inform us of significant changes to the company, and must use the ACS mark correctly.

Documents

ACS approval: PreparingAnnual for standard route annual assessment guidance

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ACS approval: Guidance on business entities and business name changes

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ACS approval: Change of circumstances form

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ACS approval: Absence of designated security service contracts policy

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SIA approved contractors must undergo regular assessment and must keep us informed of any significant changes to the company.

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Use the ‘Guidance on transferring between ACS Assessment Schemes’ to understand how and when you can transfer between the standard and passport routes to approval.

Use the ‘Guidance on business entities and business name changes’ to understand how a change to your business may affect its ACS approval.

Use the ‘Change of circumstances form’ to tell us about significant changes to your business that are relevant to your ACS approval.

Use the ‘Absence of designated security service contracts policy’ to understand what we will do if you no longer provide security services in an activity for which you are approved.

Use the ‘Guidance on using the ACS accreditation mark’ to understand what you can and cannot do with the ACS accreditation mark.

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Published 28 September 2020

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    1. The PDF attachment 'ACS approval: Annual assessment guidance' and the HTML attachment 'ACS approval: Guidance on Standard route assessment dates' have both been deleted. Their contents has been combined and updated into a new HTML attachment called 'ACS approval: Preparing for standard route annual assessment'.

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