he provides any security industry services to another;

those services are provided wholly or partly by means of the activities of an individual as a security operative; and

that individual’s activities in connection with the provision of those services involve his engaging in licensable conduct in respect of which he is not the holder of a licence.

that he did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for suspecting, at the time when the activities were carried out, that the individual in question was not the holder of a licence in respect of those activities; or

that he took all reasonable steps, in relation to the services in question, for securing that that individual would not engage in any licensable conduct in respect of which he was not the holder of a licence.

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine, or to both.