{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A constable may—\n(a) enter premises where a business involving the provision of security services is being carried on, and\n(b) require records kept there of a person employed as a security guard to be produced for the constable's inspection.\n(2) A constable exercising the power under this paragraph—\n(a) shall identify himself to a person appearing to be in charge of the premises,\n(b) if the constable is not in uniform, shall produce to that person documentary evidence that he is a constable, and\n(c) may use reasonable force.\n(3) A person commits an offence if he fails to comply with a requirement imposed under sub-paragraph (1)(b).\n(4) But it is a defence for a person charged with an offence under sub-paragraph (3) to show that he had a reasonable excuse for his failure.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,\n(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or\n(c) both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 repealed (N.I) (1.12.2009) by The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3048), art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/schedule/6/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:55.493954+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}