Private investigator licensing in Guyana
No. Guyana has no specific private investigator licence.
Guyana has no law that licenses private investigators or investigation agencies. The Private Security Services Act 2009 requires private security agencies to be registered companies licensed by the Commissioner of Police, with the Minister of Home Affairs' written approval (ss. 4(2), 5), but it defines private security as protecting or guarding people or property (s. 2(d)) and does not mention investigation. Investigation work therefore runs as an ordinary business; general criminal and privacy law still applies, and a firm that also offers guarding needs a security licence.1
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No. Guyana has no specific private investigator licence. Guyana has no law that licenses private investigators or investigation agencies. The Private Security Services Act 2009 requires private security agencies to be registered companies licensed by the Commissioner of Police, with the Minister of Home Affairs' written approval (ss. 4(2), 5), but it defines private security as protecting or guarding people or property (s. 2(d)) and does not mention investigation. Investigation work therefore runs as an ordinary business; general criminal and privacy law still applies, and a firm that also offers guarding needs a security licence.
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