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Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (repealed 27.8.1991)

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18 Applications for certificates.

(1) An application for a certificate under this Part— (a) shall be made to the Secretary of State in such manner and form, and (b) shall be accompanied by such information concerning— (i) the applicant, (ii) any business carried on or proposed to be carried on by the applicant and invlving the provision of security services for reward, (iii) any persons whom the applicant employs, or proposes to employ, as security guards, (iv) any partners or proposed partners of the applicant or (if the applicant is a partnership) the members, any any proposed members, of the partnership, and (v) if the applicant is a body corporate, the officers, and any proposed officers, of that body, as the Secretary of State may specify. (2) Any person who, in connection with any such application, knowingly or recklessly furnishes the Secretary of State with information which is false or isleading in a material respect shall be guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both. (3) In this section and section 20— (a) “officer” includes a director, manager or secretary; and (b) any reference to the employment or proposed employment of any person or persons by an applicant for a certificate under this Part shall, in relation to an applicant who is, or is a member of, a partnership, be construed as a reference to the employment or proposed employment of any person or persons by the partnership or any of the partners. (4) For the purposes of this section and section 20 a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a body corporate are accustomed to act shall be treated as an officer of that body, except that a person shall not be so treated by reason only that the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity.

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18 Applications for certificates.

(1) An application for a certificate under this Part— (a) shall be made to the Secretary of State in such manner and form, and (b) shall be accompanied by such information concerning— (i) the applicant, (ii) any business carried on or proposed to be carried on by the applicant and invlving the provision of security services for reward, (iii) any persons whom the applicant employs, or proposes to employ, as security guards, (iv) any partners or proposed partners of the applicant or (if the applicant is a partnership) the members, any any proposed members, of the partnership, and (v) if the applicant is a body corporate, the officers, and any proposed officers, of that body, as the Secretary of State may specify. (2) Any person who, in connection with any such application, knowingly or recklessly furnishes the Secretary of State with information which is false or isleading in a material respect shall be guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both. (3) In this section and section 20— (a) “officer” includes a director, manager or secretary; and (b) any reference to the employment or proposed employment of any person or persons by an applicant for a certificate under this Part shall, in relation to an applicant who is, or is a member of, a partnership, be construed as a reference to the employment or proposed employment of any person or persons by the partnership or any of the partners. (4) For the purposes of this section and section 20 a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a body corporate are accustomed to act shall be treated as an officer of that body, except that a person shall not be so treated by reason only that the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity.

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