Replacements, updates & duties

Replace lost badges, licences or certificates, update details or classes, and learn about your responsibilities like licence annual returns.

Replacing lost badges, licences or certificates

If you lose your badge, licence or certificate, you must apply for a replacement. Fill in this form to apply:

Request a Substitute Licence and/or Certificate of Approval [PDF, 385 KB]

Cost of replacements

Replacements cost $60. You can confirm accepted payment methods in the section Forms & Fees

Update your details or classes of work

You must let us know if any of your personal or company details change, or if you want to change a class of security work you do.

If you have a licence, even if your details haven’t changed, each year you need to send an annual return.

Annual returns for licence holders

Changes to your personal details

You must let us know if:

  • your name changes
  • your home address changes
  • you’re no longer eligible for your licence or certificate.
    Find out about eligibility

Changes to your company details

You must let us know if:

  • your registered office address changes
  • you want to add or remove a place of business
  • you want to add or remove an officer of a company
  • you’re no longer eligible for your licence or certificate.
    Find out about eligibility

Add or remove a company officer

Fill in this form:

Add or remove an officer of a private security company [PDF, 613 KB]

Add or remove classes on your licence or certificate

Company licences

Fill in this form:

Add or remove a class of business to a company licence [PDF, 516 KB]

Individual licences or certificates

Fill in this form:

Add or remove a class of business to an individual licence or certificate of approval [PDF, 661 KB]

Cost to add or remove a class

It costs $100. You can confirm accepted payment methods in the section Forms & Fees

Send your form to us

Postal address:
Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority
SX11159
Wellington

Giving up your licence or certificate

If you want to give up your licence or certificate, you can contact us.

Contact us

We will cancel your licence or certificate and record this in the public register. This means you can no longer work in private security.

If you want to return to security work, you will have to apply again and pay the full application fee. 

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