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# Licence - sex establishment

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<h2>Environmental Services</h2><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><p><i>Sex Establishments are required to be licensed under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982. </i></p><hr/><p> A sex establishment can either be a Sex Shop or a Sex Cinema. </p><p> A sex shop is a premises used for business which consists to a significant degree of selling sex articles. </p><p> A sex cinema is any premises used to a significant degree for showing of films which are concerned primarily with, or relate to, or are intended to stimulate sexual activity. </p><p> The law defines the way in which an application is made, which include advertising notice of the application in the local press and displaying a notice outside the premises for a specific time period to give passers by the opportunity to comment by a statutory closing date. </p><p> When considering an application for a sex establishment licence the Council may only use the following criteria:</p><ul> <li title="*">The suitability of the Applicant </li> <li title="*">Whether the person applying is a &quot;front&quot; person for someone else </li> <li title="*">The location and situation of the premises in relation to other premises in the area </li> <li title="*">Whether the number of sex establisments in that locality is equal to, or exceeds the number which the Council considers appropriate for the area </li> </ul><h2>Your Right of Appeal</h2><li title="*">Any person aggrieved by a refusal to be granted a licence or by any condition to which a licence is subject may appeal to the Magistrates' Court.</li><li title="*">An appeal against a decision made at the Magistrates Court may be appealed at the Crown Court but the decision of the Crown Court is final.</li><h2>Offences and Penalties</h2><li title="*">Anybody who operates a sex establishment without a licence or fails to comply with licence condition or admits persons under the age of 18 is committing an offence.</li><li title="*">Penalties upon conviction can range from &#xA3;1,000 to &#xA3;20,000.</li><h2>Further Information</h2><p>Copies of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963 can be purchased from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.</p><p>A copy of the legislation can be viewed at the Council Offices where you can also obtain an application form and a copy of our standard conditions.</p><p>Alternatively, you can <strong>

</strong>.<span class="gen">link to online form</span> </p><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><span class="gen">postal address here</span><h3> <a href="/ccm/services/pid.jsp?pid=388"> Applications for services (388) </a></h3>
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