{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-england-order-2010/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/722",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (England) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-england-order-2010",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transitional and saving provisions",
  "text": "(1) It is lawful for any person who, immediately before the first appointed day—\n(a) has a 2003 Act licence, but not a sex encounter establishment licence, in relation to any premises, and\n(b) uses the premises as a sexual entertainment venue under the 2003 Act licence or is undertaking preparatory work to use the premises as such a venue under that licence,\nto use the premises as a sexual entertainment venue under a 2003 Act licence until the third appointed day or the determination of any application to which article 7 or 8 applies and which is made by that person (including the determination of any appeal against a refusal to grant the application), whichever is the later.\n(2) In paragraph (1) —\n“2003 Act licence”, in relation to any premises, means a premises licence or club premises certificate under which it is lawful to provide relevant entertainment at those premises,\n“sex encounter establishment licence” means a licence for a sex encounter establishment under Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act as it has effect by virtue of section 12 of the 1986 Act.\n(3) Paragraph (1) applies despite Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act (and therefore any use authorised by that paragraph is not contrary to paragraph 6 of that Schedule) but is otherwise without prejudice to any other enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/722/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:48:27.747926+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."
}