libreccm-legacy/ccm-ldn-aplaws/doc/generic-content/items/environmental-services/business-licences-and-street-trading/388.xml

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<cms:item xmlns:cms="http://www.arsdigita.com/cms/1.0" xmlns="http://www.esd.org.uk/standards/esdbody" oid="[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ESDService:{id=388}]"><cms:name>licensing-388</cms:name><cms:language>en</cms:language><cms:title>Licence - sex establishment</cms:title><cms:dublinCore oid="[com.arsdigita.london.cms.dublin.DublinCoreItem:{id=388}]"><cms:name>licensing-388-dublin-metadata</cms:name><cms:dcAudience>General public</cms:dcAudience><cms:dcCoverage>content=&quot;99XX&quot; scheme=&quot;ONS SNAC&quot;</cms:dcCoverage><cms:dcCoveragePostcode/><cms:dcCoverageSpatialRef/><cms:dcCoverageUnit/><cms:dcDateValid/><cms:dcDisposalReview/><cms:dcLanguage>en</cms:dcLanguage><cms:dcTemporalBegin/><cms:dcTemporalEnd/><cms:dcCreatorOwner>LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk</cms:dcCreatorOwner><cms:dcCreatorContact>LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk</cms:dcCreatorContact><cms:dcPublisher>Tameside MBC - LAWS project - http://laws.tameside.gov.uk</cms:dcPublisher><cms:dcRights/><cms:dcKeywords>licence, sex, establishment</cms:dcKeywords></cms:dublinCore><cms:textAsset oid="[com.arsdigita.cms.TextAsset:{id=388}]"><cms:content><![CDATA[<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)
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