Issue - meetings

The Committee was asked to consider a report on the Policing and Crime Act 2009 that reclassified lap dancing clubs as Sexual Encounter Venues and gave local authorities in England and Wales the power to regulate them as Sex Establishments under Schedule 3 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.  Following discussion on the draft Sexual Encounter Venue Policy Statement and Guidelines as set out at Appendix 2, it was

RESOLVED that the policy statement be amended to include the following -

"On all applications a mandatory condition will be imposed to ensure that no persons under the age 18 or such other age as is stipulated by the relevant legislation may enter or use the premises whilst this type of entertainment takes place."

RECOMMENDED:

(a)       that the Council re-affirm the adoption of Schedule 3 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 and adopt Section 27, paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Policing and Crime Act 2009 with effect from (no more than 1 month after the day on which the resolution was passed);

(b)       that the Council set a fee for a sex shop and / or Sexual Encounter Venue Licence and include that fee within the Council's Fees and Charges register as follows:-

§         Grant               £920.00

§         Renewal         £890.00

§         Transfer          £135.00

(c)        that the Council delegates to the Head of Regulatory Services all powers under Schedule 3 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 and Section 27, paragraph 2(2) to the Policing and Crime Act 2009.