{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-5",
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  "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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(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.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this paragraph to prove—\n(a) that his business is (or includes) publishing advertisements or arranging for their publication,\n(b) that he received the advertisement for publication in the ordinary course of business, and\n(c) that he reasonably believed that the person mentioned in the advertisement as the provider of security services held a licence.",
  "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      "text": "Sch. 6 repealed (N.I) (1.12.2009) by The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3048), art. 4"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/5",
    "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."
}