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(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that persons of prescribed descriptions are to be prohibited from providing prescribed security industry services unless they are for the time being approved in respect of those services in accordance with arrangements under section 15.
(2)A person is guilty of an offence if he contravenes any prohibition imposed on him by regulations under subsection (1).
(3)A person who—
(a)is approved in respect of any security industry services in accordance with arrangements under section 15, and
(b)would be prohibited by regulations under subsection (1) from providing those services except while for the time being so approved,
is guilty of an offence if he contravenes any of the conditions of his approval in respect of those services.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(5)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision in relation to cases in which a person is required by regulations under subsection (1) to be approved in respect of any services in accordance with arrangements under section 15—
(a)for the conditions that are to be contained in his approval in relation to the handling of complaints made about the provision of those services; and
(b)generally in relation to the arrangements under that section that are to be made for such cases.
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