{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982/schedule-3/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982/schedule-3/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/30",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who, being the holder of a licence for a sex establishment—\n(a) without reasonable excuse knowingly permits a person under 18 years of age to enter the establishment; or\n(b) employs a person known to him to be under 18 years of age in the business of the establishment,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 23(2) substituted (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 11(3) (with reg. 5(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 23(2): power to amend conferred by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 143(2)(m) (as added by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 48(1)(b))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/48",
      "affecting_title": "Police and Justice Act 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/30/schedule/3/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:11:07.379357+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}