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The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) Order 2005

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2017-06-19

SECURITY INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES

This Order designates, for the purposes of section 3 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the activities of security operatives engaged in the immobilisation of vehicles. Those activities are defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act, as amended by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Amendments to Schedule 2) Order 2005 (“the 2005 Order”), and cover the wheel clamping of vehicles for the purpose of preventing a person otherwise entitled to remove the vehicle from doing so in circumstances in which it is proposed to impose a charge for the release of the vehicle. This Order also designates, for the purposes of section 3(1),(2)(a) to (i),(3) to (6) of the 2001 Act, the activities of security operatives engaged in the restriction and removal of vehicles. Those activities are defined in paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act as inserted by the 2005 Order, and cover the moving and restriction of the movement of a vehicle by any means for the purpose of preventing a person otherwise entitled to remove the vehicle from doing so in circumstances in which it is proposed to impose a charge for the release of the vehicle. Paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act does not cover the use of a fixed barrier in regular car parks.