# The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982, Article 9: Premises resorted to for homosexual practices


Premises shall be treated for purposes of section 13 of the Act of 1885 and section 5 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912 as a brothel if people resort to it for the purpose of lewd homosexual practices in circumstances in which resort thereto for lewd heterosexual practices would have led to its being treated as a brothel for the purposes of those sections.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/1536/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/homosexual-offences-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-9
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