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[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]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 repealed (N.I) (1.12.2009) by The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3048), art. 4
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5[F2(1)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.U.K.
(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]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 6 repealed (N.I) (1.12.2009) by The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3048), art. 4
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6[F3(1)A person commits an offence if he pays money, in respect of the provision of security services, to a person who—U.K.
(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]
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 6 repealed (N.I) (1.12.2009) by The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3048), art. 4
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7[F4(1)A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 4 or 5 shall be liable—U.K.
(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]
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 6 repealed (N.I) (1.12.2009) by The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3048), art. 4