{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982/schedule-3/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule, “sex cinema” means any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall used to a significant degree for the exhibition of moving pictures, by whatever means produced, which—\n(a) are concerned primarily with the portrayal of, or primarily deal with or relate to, or are intended to stimulate or encourage—\n(i) sexual activity; or\n(ii) acts of force or restraint which are associated with sexual activity; or\n(b) are concerned primarily with the portrayal of, or primarily deal with or relate to, genital organs or urinary or excretory functions,\nbut does not include a dwelling-house to which the public is not admitted.\n(2) No premises shall be treated as a sex cinema by reason only—\n(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\n(b) of their use for an exhibition to which section 6 of that Act (certain non-commercial exhibitions) applies given by an exempted organisation within the meaning of section 6(6) of the Cinemas Act 1985.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3(2)(a) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 85(2)(a) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3(2)(b) substituted by Cinemas Act 1985 (c. 13, SIF 45A), s. 24(1), Sch. 2 para. 16(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(2)(b) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 85(2)(b) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "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/3",
    "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."
}