| Guvnor

Enforced by: SIA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1 Licence Holder1

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Licence Holder — also bound by 225 other Acts

Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999 318 duties

The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004 123 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 83 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 68 duties

The Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1991 65 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.005 Licence conditions Regulated

Comply with all SIA licence conditions and display/carry your licenceAny Person

s.006 Additional conditions for front line licences for the immobilisation, restriction, removal of vehicles Regulated

Comply with restricted vehicle immobilisation and receipt conditionsLicence Holder

8 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation, commencement and extent

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Application form to engage in licensable conduct

s.004 Form of licence to engage in licensable conduct

s.007 Scope of licence

s.008 Fee to be paid on application for licence

s.009 Transitional provision

s.010 Revocations

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

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10 more guides that reference this instrument

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Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.