{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009-consequential-provisions-england-order-2010/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/723",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009-consequential-provisions-england-order-2010",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of section 22 of the London Local Authorities Act 2004",
  "text": "After section 22(2A) of the London Local Authorities Act 2004 (soliciting for custom) insert—\n“(2B) It shall be a defence in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(b) if, at the time of the alleged offence—\n(a) the premises concerned were subject to a licence for a sexual entertainment venue under Schedule 3 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982,\n(b) a waiver under paragraph 7 of that Schedule from the requirement for such a licence was in force, or\n(c) article 6(1) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (England) Order 2010 applied to the premises.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c i. Section 22 has been amended by section 72 of the London Local Authorities Act 2007 (c ii)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/722 (C.48)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/723/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:48:27.073784+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."
}