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A 'sex establishment' can either be a Sex Shop, a Sex Cinema ' or a Sexual Entertainment Venue'.
A 'Sex Shop' is any premises used for business which consists to a significant degree of selling sex articles
A 'Sex Cinema' is any premises used to a significant degree for the showing of films which are concerned primarily with, or relate to, or are intended to stimulate sexual activity.
A ‘Sexual Entertainment Venue’ is any premises at which relevant entertainment is provided before a live audience for the financial gain of the organiser or the entertainer.
Relevant entertainment means any live performance; or any live display of nudity which is of such a nature that, ignoring financial gain, it must reasonably be assumed to be provided solely or principally for the purpose of sexually stimulating any member of the audience (whether by verbal or other means).
For a full definition of the above premises, please refer to Appendix A to the Council's Statement of Licensing Policy for premises to be licensed as Sex Establishments (262kb, PDF)
The law defines the way in which an application is made, which includes advertising the application in the local press and displaying a notice outside the premises for 21 days to give persons the opportunity to comment by a statutory closing date. The date, in this case, is 28 days from the date the application was submitted to the Local Authority.
Licenses are issued for one year from the date of issue. Sex Establishments are required to be licensed under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.
Objections
Anyone objecting to the grant or renewal of a licence may only do so on the grounds of suitability for the locality in relation to other premises. Morality and religious grounds may not be used. Download an objection form (19kb, PDF).
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