Private Security Services Act 2004
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Prohibition of unlicensed security service. |
37.—(1) A private security employer or an individual referred to in any of the paragraphs of the definition of “security service” in section 2 (1) shall not, on or after the commencement of the paragraph concerned, provide a security service or hold himself or herself out or represent himself or herself by— | |
(a) advertisement, | ||
(b) displaying any shield, card or other object purporting to indicate that he or she is a licensee, or | ||
(c) otherwise, | ||
as available to provide such a service unless the individual is the holder of a licence under this Act authorising him or her to provide that particular service. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to a body corporate and an unincorporated body of persons as it applies in relation to an individual. | ||
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both. |