Private Security Services (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act

4. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) Subject to section 27, the Authority may—

(a) refuse to renew a licence, or

(b) at any time suspend a licence for a specified period or revoke it,

if it is satisfied on reasonable grounds—

(i) if the licensee is an individual, that he or she—

(I) has supplied information in or in connection with the application for the licence or its renewal that was false or misleading in a material particular,

(II) has contravened any provision of this Act or regulations thereunder (whether or not the licensee has been convicted of an offence in relation to the contravention),

(III) is no longer a fit and proper person to provide a security service, or

(IV) has not paid the prescribed fee,

(ii) if the licensee is a body corporate—

(I) that any director, shareholder to whom section 21(3)(ab) refers, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person purporting to act in that capacity is not a fit and proper person to hold such a position in a body corporate which is providing a security service, or

(II) that subparagraph (I), (II) or (IV) of paragraph (i) applies in respect of the body corporate,

or

(iii) if the licensee is a partnership, that one or more than one of subparagraphs (I) to (IV) of paragraph (i) applies or apply in respect of any of the partners,

or if the Authority would not have granted the licence or renewed it if information obtained subsequent to the date of its grant or renewal had been available at that date.”.