S.L. 480.5 Art. 9Granting of licence.

Before the Board may consider issuing a licence, the applicant shall be required to provide the Board with the following:

(a) a duly filled application form containing the applicant’s details including its company registration number, registered address and a list of all the directors and senior members of management, together with their details;

(b) a certified copy of the passport and a clean police conduct certificate for each of the applicant’s directors and its senior members of management;

(c) certified copies of the applicant’s certificate of registration, memorandum of association and articles of association;

(d) a good standing certificate of the applicant company;

(e) the name and relevant details including passport details and the address of residence of the individual who is duly authorized to act as the legal representative for the applicant;

(f) the relevant addresses of the applicant from which its commercial activities shall take place indicating all relevant contact details and normal working hours;

(g) certified copies of the applicant’s insurance policies issued by well-established insurers and evidencing that the applicant has adequate insurance cover up to the amounts recognized by international standards and practices as being adequate to cover the potential liabilities and contractual indemnities which the applicant may be exposed to during the course of its operational business as a PMSC;

(h) a certified copy of the applicant’s Standard Operating Procedures, including the procedures to be followed when the applicant wishes to dispose of any of its registered firearms or ammunition when the applicant company either terminates its services or when the applicant company is being dissolved, together with a sworn declaration by the directors of the applicant company stating that the said document is consistent with the minimum applicable international laws and standards;

(i) the details of each PCASP employed, engaged, or contracted by the applicant including his name, surname, age, sex, date of birth, place of birth, nationality and passport number, together with a curriculum vitae of each PCASP evidencing that he has the necessary adequate qualifications, training and past work experiences as well as a clean police conduct certificate;

(j) certified copies of documentation, if any, which the applicant PMSC may have obtained from other jurisdictions to handle, import, store and transport firearms and ammunition;

(k) proof that the applicant has implemented a quality management system or a risk management system as established by any international accreditation body recognized by the international shipping community as being competent to carry out such accreditation;

(l) where the applicant is a signatory to the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers, or to any other equivalent international convention or instrument which may from time to time be applicable, proof thereof together with a detailed compliance statement or document evidencing that the applicant operates in compliance with the said Code or other equivalent international convention or instrument.