Prospective

Investigations and enforcementU.K.

13Compliance noticesU.K.

(1)The Security Industry Authority may give a person a compliance notice if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is contravening or has contravened a relevant requirement.

(2)A compliance notice is a notice requiring the person to whom it is given to comply with a specified relevant requirement within a specified period.

(3)A compliance notice given to a person must—

(a)state the Security Industry Authority’s reasons for giving the notice;

(b)explain what may happen if the person does not comply with the notice;

(c)explain how the person may appeal against the notice.

(4)A compliance notice given to a person may—

(a)require the person to take specified steps within a specified period in order to comply with the specified relevant requirement;

(b)require the person within a specified period to provide evidence to the satisfaction of the Security Industry Authority that the person is complying or has complied with the notice.

(5)Before giving a compliance notice to a person, the Security Industry Authority must give the person an opportunity to make representations about the proposed notice.

(6)A person may not be given more than one compliance notice in respect of the same contravention.

(7)In this section—

• “relevant requirement” means a requirement imposed by any of sections 5 to 10;

• “specified” means specified in the compliance notice.