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Licence certificate to conduct technical security systems

A licence is a permit to perform one or more forms or tasks of private security which is granted to a legal entity with a licence certificate.

The basic conditions required to acquire a licence in the field of protecting persons and property are:

  • The licence holder has a permanently employed security manager who works full-time or the person is a security manager;
  • related persons are vetted for security and there are no security reservations;
  • related persons are not part of a legal entity which has had its licence revoked and the prohibition measure is still in force;
  • the procedure to revoke the licence has not been initiated against the applicant;
  • within the previous two years, a measure of temporary or conditional revocation of the licence has not been issued against the applicant, and the prohibition measure on the licence is still in force;
  • suitable professionally trained security staff are employed;
  • an internal act which determines the labels, work clothes, equipment and vehicles;
  • damage liability insurance;

The applicants must be owners or tenants of business premises in the Republic of Slovenia.

Conditions

These terms apply to activity Implementation of technical security systems

  • Security clearance is performed by the ministry that collects data on security issues and is done to establish the conditions for performing as a detective. It must be performed before the licence is issued. In the security clearance process, the existence of security issues is established.

    Security issues include the following findings:

    • That the person was finally convicted for an intentional criminal offence, prosecuted ex officio;
    • That the person was finally convicted for another criminal offence, prosecuted ex officio leading to unconditional imprisonment for a period of more than three months and in connection with being a detective;
    • Or that there is reasonable doubt about the reliability or credibility of the person in performing detective activity.

    The licence is issued if the authority establishes that security issues do not exist.

    Security clearance can be performed by the Ministry on the basis of the signed agreement, which is part of the application for a licence, and that the Ministry of the Interior may, to establish the conditions for performing detective activity, acquire data from official records in accordance with the legal provisions that regulate detective activity.

    Evidence

    Note of the ministry on the security clearance procedure in the application for the acquisition of a licence.

    Legal basis

  • Prior to performing the activity, a holder of the licence must obtain liability insurance for damages which could be incurred to a client or third party when providing private security services.

    The insurance amount must not be lower than EUR 42,000 for an individual contingency or EUR 84,000 for all contingencies in an individual year.

    Legal basis

  • A designation is a symbol consisting of the name of a company or abbreviated name of the licence holder in uppercase. A sign or logo may be used instead of a designation.

    Vehicles intended for interventions and vehicles of licence holders which use a flashing yellow light when driving must be equipped with a designation, sign or logo, and inscription VAROVANJE on the left and right side.

    Work clothes:

    • A security guard or bodyguard may conduct security services in civilian clothes.
    • A security manager may perform tasks of private security only in work clothes.
    • The back of upper garments of a security guard must be equipped with the inscription VAROVANJE in the middle. This is for security guards providing protection of public gatherings, protection for the transportation of money and valuables and interventions or private security in public places

    During performing their tasks, a security guard watchman, security guard, security guard supervisor and security technician must wear work clothes equipped with the designation of the licence holder on the sleeve or at the front, and the surname and initial letter of the name of the person, and the inscription VAROVANJE at the front.

    Legal basis