SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Minor and consequential amendments

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30)

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1

Schedule 3 (control of sex establishments) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 3(2) (premises not to be treated as a sex cinema merely because the exhibition of a film there must be authorised by a licence, etc.)—

a

for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

if they may be used for an exhibition of a film (within the meaning of paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Licensing Act 2003) by virtue of an authorisation (within the meaning of section 136 of that Act), of their use in accordance with that authorisation

b

in paragraph (b), for “that Act” substitute “the Cinemas Act 1985”.

3

In paragraph 3A (exemption for theatres and cinemas from provisions about sex encounter establishments) for paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the proviso substitute—

i

for the time being, being used for the provision of regulated entertainment (within the meaning of the Licensing Act 2003), in circumstances where that use is authorised under that Act; or

ii

for the time being, being used for the purposes of late night refreshment (within the meaning of that Act), in circumstances where that use is so authorised; or