Section 13 Compliance noticesI1
United Kingdom Not yet in force
The Security Industry Authority may give a person a compliance notice if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is contravening or has contravened a relevant requirement.
A compliance notice is a notice requiring the person to whom it is given to comply with a specified relevant requirement within a specified period.
A compliance notice given to a person must—
state the Security Industry Authority’s reasons for giving the notice;
explain what may happen if the person does not comply with the notice;
explain how the person may appeal against the notice.
A compliance notice given to a person may—
require the person to take specified steps within a specified period in order to comply with the specified relevant requirement;
require the person within a specified period to provide evidence to the satisfaction of the Security Industry Authority that the person is complying or has complied with the notice.
Before giving a compliance notice to a person, the Security Industry Authority must give the person an opportunity to make representations about the proposed notice.
A person may not be given more than one compliance notice in respect of the same contravention.
In this section—
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“relevant requirement” means a requirement imposed by any of sections 5 to 10;
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“specified” means specified in the compliance notice.
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S. 13 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 37(2)