Part 1: Public Protection Requirements Investigations and enforcement: sections 12 to 16 Section 12: Role of the Security Industry Authority
The Act confers the enforcement functions and investigatory powers in the Act on the Security Industry Authority and its authorised inspectors. The Security Industry Authority was established by the Private Security Industry Act 2001.
	This section provides for further functions in relation to providing advice about compliance and reviewing the effectiveness of the requirements in the Act.
	The section also amends the 2001 Act to, in some places, bring matters under this Act within the scope of existing functions and provision and, in other cases, clarify that certain provisions of the 2001 Act do not apply in relation to functions under this Act.
	These amendments mean that the Security Industry Authority must, in particular:
comply with directions given by, and requests for information from, the Secretary of State, and
provide to the Secretary of State an annual report on its functions, which is to be laid before Parliament.
	The section requires the Security Industry Authority to prepare guidance about how it proposes to carry out its functions in the Act, especially the powers of investigation in Schedule 3 of the Act. The guidance must be approved by the Secretary of State, after which it will be issued by the Security Industry Authority. The guidance must be kept under review by the Security Industry Authority and may, as needed, be revised.