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Security Industry Act 1997
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#### 11 Class 1 licences
11 Class 1 licences
> > (1) Class 1 licences are to be classified into subclasses. Those subclasses, and the authority they confer, are as follows—
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> > > (a) class 1A—authorises the licensee to carry on the following activities—
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> > > > (i) to patrol, protect or guard property while unarmed, whether while static or mobile, and
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> > > > (ii) to act as a crowd controller or in a similar capacity,
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> > > (b) class 1B—authorises the licensee to act as a bodyguard or to act in a similar capacity,
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> > > (c) class 1C—authorises the licensee to patrol, protect or guard cash-in-transit,
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> > > (d) class 1D—authorises the licensee to patrol, protect or guard any property with a dog,
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> > > (e) class 1E—authorises the licensee to patrol, protect or guard any property while carrying on monitoring centre operations,
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> > > (f) class 1F—authorises the licensee to patrol, protect or guard approved classes of property while armed (but only under the authority of a licence or permit to use or possess firearms under the [Firearms Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-046)),
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> > > (g) (Repealed)
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> > > (h) any other class prescribed by the regulations—authorises the licensee to carry on the security activity prescribed by the regulations in relation to the prescribed class of licence concerned.
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> > (2) The relevant subclass is to be endorsed on each class 1 licence. More than one such subclass may be endorsed on a class 1 licence.
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> > (3) A class 1A, class 1B, class 1C, class 1E or class 1F licence does not authorise the licensee to carry on a security activity with a dog.
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> > (4) A class 1A licence or a class 1F licence does not authorise the licensee to patrol, protect or guard cash-in-transit.
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> **s 11:** Am 2005 No 63, Sch 1 \[13\]; 2011 No 62, Sch 1.18 \[2\] \[6\]; 2012 No 49, Sch 1 \[5\] \[19\]; 2014 No 88, Sch 1.25 \[1\]; 2022 No 52, Sch 1\[15\]–\[17\].