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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001/section-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/12",
  "legislation_title": "Private Security Industry Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Guidance as to exercise of power of entry",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of the Authority to prepare and publish a document containing its guidance as to the manner in which persons authorised to enter premises under subsection (1) of section 19 should—\n(a) exercise the power conferred by that subsection; and\n(b) conduct themselves after entering premises in exercise of that power.\n(2) The Authority may from time to time revise the guidance published under this section; and, if it does so, it shall publish the revised guidance.\n(3) A requirement under this section for the Authority to publish guidance or revised guidance shall be a requirement to publish it in such manner as appears to the Authority appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 1.11.2003 by S.I. 2003/2710, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 6.7.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/382, art. 3(a)"
    },
    {
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      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 1.12.2009 for N.I. by S.I. 2009/1058, art. 4"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/12/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:06.175164+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."
}