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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1985/1208",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "schedule/2/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 not exceeding £20,000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/1208/schedule/2/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:46.222436+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."
}