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The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/3141 · Made 28 November 2004

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SECURITY INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 28th November 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 26(2) of the Private Security Industry Act 2001f1, having consulted the Security Industry Authority in accordance with section 24(4) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

2001 c. 12.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2004.

(2)

In this Order “the 2001 Act” means the Private Security Industry Act 2001.

2

Section 5 of the 2001 Act (offence of using unlicensed security operative) shall come into force on 1st December 2004 in the police areasf1 of–

(a)

Avon and Somerset;

(b)

Cheshire;

(c)

Cumbria;

(d)

Devon and Cornwall;

(e)

Dorset;

(f)

Dyfed Powys;

(g)

Gloucestershire;

(h)

Greater Manchester;

(i)

Gwent;

(j)

Hampshire;

(k)

Lancashire;

(l)

Leicestershire;

(m)

Merseyside;

(n)

North Wales;

(o)

South Wales;

(p)

Staffordshire;

(q)

Warwickshire;

(r)

West Mercia;

(s)

West Midlands; and

(t)

Wiltshire.

3

(1)

The following provisions of the 2001 Act shall come into force in the police areas specified in paragraph (2) below on 13th December 2004–

(a)

section 3(1) and (2)(a) to (i) (conduct prohibited without a licence); and

(b)

section 5 (offence of using unlicensed security operative).

(2)

The following police areas are specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above–

(a)

Cleveland;

(b)

Durham;

(c)

Humberside;

(d)

Northumbria;

(e)

North Yorkshire;

(f)

South Yorkshire; and

(g)

West Yorkshire.

4

(1)

The following provisions of the 2001 Act shall come into force in the police areas specified in paragraph (2) below on 3rd January 2005—

(a)

section 3(1) and (2)(a) to (i) (conduct prohibited without a licence); and

(b)

section 5 (offence of using unlicensed security operative).

(2)

The following police areas are specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above–

(a)

Cambridgeshire;

(b)

Derbyshire;

(c)

Lincolnshire;

(d)

Norfolk;

(e)

Nottinghamshire; and

(f)

Suffolk.

Signature

Hazel Blears

Minister of State

Home Office

28th November 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 5 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 into force on 1st December 2004 in the police areas specified in article 2. It also brings section 3(1) and (2)(a) to (i) and 5 of the Act into force on 13th December 2004 in the Cleveland, Durham, Humberside, Northumbria, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire police areas and on 3rd January 2005 in the Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire and Suffolk police areas. Section 3(1) creates an offence of engaging in any licensable conduct except under and in accordance with a licence and section 3(2)(a) to (i) identifies certain forms of licensable conduct for the purposes of the Act. Section 5 creates the offence of using an unlicensed security operative.