Section 20 Duty to notify Secretary of State of changes of personnel.

Northern Ireland

(1)

Where—

(a)

an application has been made by any person under section 18, and

(b)

that person proposes to employ a person as a security guard as from a relevant time, and

(c)

information concerning the proposed employee was not furnished to the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 18(1)(b)(iii) at the time when the application was made,

the person who made the application shall, not later than 14 days before that relevant time, notify to the Secretary of State such information concerning the proposed employee as the Secretary of State may specify.

(2)

Where an application has been made by any person under section 18, that person shall notify to the Secretary of State such information concerning any change to which this subsection applies as the Secretary of State may specify, and shall so notify any such information—

(a)

not later than 14 days befoer the change occurs, or

(b)

if that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(3)

Subsection (2) applies—

(a)

in relation to an application made by a partnership or by a member of a partnership, to any change occurring at a relevant time in the members of the partnership, and

(b)

in relation to an application made by a body corporate, to any change occurring at a relevant time in the officers of that body,

unless the change involves a person becoming a partner or officer and information relating to that change was furnished to the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 18(1)(b)(iv) or (v) at the time when the application was made.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

(5)

In this section “relevant time”, in relation to an application made under section 18, means a time when—

(a)

the application has been neither granted nor refused by the Secretary of State; or

(b)

a certificate issued in pursuance of the application is in force under this Part;

and subsections (3) and (4) of that section apply for the purposes of this section.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (27.8.1991) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), ss. 69(1), 70(4), Sch. 8 Pt. I