Private Security Industry Act 2001
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The Private Security Industry Act 2001 is a UK law that established statutory regulation of the private security sector, including licensing and oversight of security operatives and companies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Private Security Industry Act 2001 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4328329 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Private Security Industry Act 2001 Context triple: [Security Industry Authority, legalBasis, Private Security Industry Act 2001]
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A.
Security Service Act 1989
The Security Service Act 1989 is a UK law that formally placed the Security Service (MI5) on a statutory footing, defining its functions, powers, and oversight arrangements.
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B.
Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968
The Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 is an Indian law that provides the legal framework for the creation, organization, and functioning of the Central Industrial Security Force to protect key industrial and critical infrastructure.
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C.
Intelligence Services Act 2001
The Intelligence Services Act 2001 is an Australian federal law that establishes and regulates the powers, functions, and oversight of the country’s key intelligence agencies.
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D.
Intelligence Services Act 1994
The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is a UK law that formally put the country’s intelligence agencies, including MI6 and GCHQ, on a statutory footing and defined their powers, functions, and oversight mechanisms.
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E.
Public Security Preservation Law
The Public Security Preservation Law was a repressive Japanese statute enacted in the 1920s to suppress political dissent, especially socialist and communist movements, by criminalizing activities deemed threatening to the imperial state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Private Security Industry Act 2001 Target entity description: The Private Security Industry Act 2001 is a UK law that established statutory regulation of the private security sector, including licensing and oversight of security operatives and companies.
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A.
Security Service Act 1989
The Security Service Act 1989 is a UK law that formally placed the Security Service (MI5) on a statutory footing, defining its functions, powers, and oversight arrangements.
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B.
Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968
The Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 is an Indian law that provides the legal framework for the creation, organization, and functioning of the Central Industrial Security Force to protect key industrial and critical infrastructure.
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C.
Intelligence Services Act 2001
The Intelligence Services Act 2001 is an Australian federal law that establishes and regulates the powers, functions, and oversight of the country’s key intelligence agencies.
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D.
Intelligence Services Act 1994
The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is a UK law that formally put the country’s intelligence agencies, including MI6 and GCHQ, on a statutory footing and defined their powers, functions, and oversight mechanisms.
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E.
Public Security Preservation Law
The Public Security Preservation Law was a repressive Japanese statute enacted in the 1920s to suppress political dissent, especially socialist and communist movements, by criminalizing activities deemed threatening to the imperial state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom legislation ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Home Office ⓘ |
| appliesToSector |
CCTV operators in public space surveillance
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door supervision providers ⓘ private security contractors ⓘ security guarding companies ⓘ |
| citation | 2001 c. 12 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createsOffence |
employing unlicensed security operatives
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engaging in licensable conduct without a licence ⓘ |
| createsRegulatorFor | private security industry ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Security Industry Authority ⓘ |
| establishesBody | Security Industry Authority ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Home Office ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England and Wales
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| languageOfText | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force with amendments ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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House of Lords ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to make provision for and in connection with the regulation of the private security industry; and for connected purposes ⓘ |
| parliament |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
British Parliament
|
| partOfLegalSystem | law of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
licensing of private security companies
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licensing of private security operatives ⓘ regulation of the private security industry ⓘ |
| providesFor |
approval schemes for security companies
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codes of practice for the private security industry ⓘ |
| regulatesActivity |
cash and valuables in transit
ⓘ
close protection ⓘ door supervision ⓘ key holding ⓘ manned guarding ⓘ public space surveillance (CCTV) ⓘ vehicle immobilisation (in certain circumstances) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Security Industry Authority licence
ⓘ
linked to:
Security Industry Authority
|
| requires |
licensing of certain security businesses
ⓘ
licensing of individual security operatives ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 2001-05-11 ⓘ |
| sectorRegulated | private security sector in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Private Security Industry Act 2001 ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
licensing law
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private security ⓘ regulatory law ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation | statutory regulation ⓘ |
| yearOfAct | 2001 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Private Security Industry Act 2001 Description of subject: The Private Security Industry Act 2001 is a UK law that established statutory regulation of the private security sector, including licensing and oversight of security operatives and companies.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.