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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001-commencement-no1-northern-ireland-order-2009/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/644",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Commencement No.1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement of the Private Security Industry Act 2001",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 shall come into force on 11th March 2009 for the purpose only of making regulations or orders:\n(a) section 1 (The Security Industry Authority);\n(b) section 3 (Conduct prohibited without a licence);\n(c) section 4 (Exemptions from licensing requirement);\n(d) section 7 (Licensing criteria);\n(e) section 8 (Licences to engage in licensable conduct);\n(f) section 9 (Licence conditions);\n(g) section 15 (Arrangements for the grant of approvals);\n(h) section 24 (Orders and regulations);\n(i) section 25 (Interpretation); and\n(j) Schedule 2 (Activities liable to control under the Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/644/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:15:03.604214+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."
}