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Licensing Panels determine applications made under the Licensing Act 2003 where a relevant representation has been received. The types of applications considered include those for premises licences, variations of premises licences, temporary event notices where an objection has been received and applications for a review of a premises licence. Panels also consider applications under the Gambling Act 2005 where representations have been made against the application.
Licensing Panels also consider applications for the grant, renewal, variation, transfer or revocation of sex establishment licences, ‘sex establishments’ being any premises at which ‘relevant entertainment’ is provided before a live audience for the financial gain of the organiser or the entertainer. ‘Relevant entertainment’ means any live performance or live display of nudity which is provided for the purpose of sexually stimulating any member of an audience.