SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Private Security Industry: Interim Arrangements
Unlicensed services: offences
4
F1A person commits an offence if he provides or offers to provide security services for reward unless he—
a
holds a licence, or
b
acts on behalf of someone who holds a licence.F1
5
F21
A person commits an offence if he publishes or causes to be published an advertisement for the provision for reward of security services by a person who does not hold a licence.
2
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this paragraph to prove—
a
that his business is (or includes) publishing advertisements or arranging for their publication,
b
that he received the advertisement for publication in the ordinary course of business, and
c
that he reasonably believed that the person mentioned in the advertisement as the provider of security services held a licence.F2
6
F31
A person commits an offence if he pays money, in respect of the provision of security services, to a person who—
a
does not hold a licence, and
b
is not acting on behalf of someone who holds a licence.
2
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this paragraph to prove that he reasonably believed that the person to whom he paid the money—
a
held a licence, or
b
was acting on behalf of someone who held a licence.F3
7
F41
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 4 or 5 shall be liable—
a
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, to a fine or to both, or
b
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
2
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 6 is liable on summary conviction to—
a
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,
b
a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
c
both.F4