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- (a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,
- (b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
- (c) both.
Records
16.—(1) A constable may—
- (a) enter premises where a business involving the provision of security services is being carried on, and
- (b) require records kept there of a person employed as a security guard to be produced for the constable’s inspection.
(2) A constable exercising the power under this paragraph—
- (a) shall identify himself to a person appearing to be in charge of the premises, and
- (b) if the constable is not in uniform, shall produce to that person documentary evidence that he is a constable.
(3) A person commits an offence if he fails to comply with a requirement under this paragraph.
(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under sub-paragraph (3) to show that he had a reasonable excuse for his failure.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to—
- (a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,
- (b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
- (c) both.
17.—(1) A person who provides security services for reward commits an offence if he makes or keeps a record of a person employed by him as a security guard which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph shall be liable—
- (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both, or
- (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
Offence: body corporate
18.—(1) This paragraph applies where an offence under this Schedule committed by a body corporate is proved—
- (a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body corporate, or
- (b) to be attributable to neglect on the part of an officer of the body corporate.
(2) The officer, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence.
(3) In this paragraph “officer” includes—
- (a) a director, manager or secretary,
- (b) a person purporting to act as a director, manager or secretary, and
- (c) a member of a body corporate the affairs of which are managed by its members.
