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20[F1(1)A constable may—U.K.

(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,

(b)if the constable is not in uniform, shall produce to that person documentary evidence that he is a constable, and

(c)may use reasonable force.

(3)A person commits an offence if he fails to comply with a requirement imposed under sub-paragraph (1)(b).

(4)But 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.F1]

21U.K.

21[F2(1)A person who provides for reward security services 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.U.K.

(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.F2]

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