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Section 35.

FIRST SCHEDULEE+W Rights of Landlord where Tenant convicted of

permitting use of premises as BrothelE+W

1E+WUpon the conviction of the tenant or occupier (in this Schedule referred to as “the tenant”), the lessor or landlord may require the tenant to assign [F1or transfer] the lease or other contract under which the premises are held by him to some person approved by the lessor or landlord.

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2E+WIf the tenant fails to do so within three months, the lessor or landlord may determine the lease or contract (but without prejudice to the rights or remedies of any party thereto accrued before the date of the determination).

3E+WWhere the lease or contract is determined under this Schedule, the court by which the tenant was convicted may make a summary order for delivery of possession of the premises to the lessor or landlord.

4E+WThe approval of the lessor or landlord for the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall not be unreasonably withheld.

5E+WThis Schedule shall have effect subject to the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts 1920 to 1939, the M1Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act 1946, Part II of the M2Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, and Part I of the M3Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 [F2Part I of the Housing Act 1988 and Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989].

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Section 37.

SECOND SCHEDULEE+W Table of offences, with mode of prosecution, punishments, etc.

Part IE+WFelonies and attempts of felonies

OffenceMode of ProsecutionPunishmentProvisions as to alternative verdicts etc.
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Part IIE+WOffences other than felonies and attempts at felonies

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33. Keeping a brothel (section thirty-three)Summarily F4...

For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both.

A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-four, thirty-five or thirty-six of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three of this Act.

[F533A. Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (section 33A).

(i) on indictment

(ii) summarily

Seven years

Six months, or the statutory maximum, or both.]

34. Letting premises for use as a brothel (section thirty-four)Summarily F4...

For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both.

A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three, thirty-five or thirty-six of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-four of this Act.

35. Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel (section thirty-five)Summarily F4...

For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both.

A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three, thirty-four or thirty-six of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-five of this Act.

36. Tenant permitting premises to be used as for prostitution (section thirty-five)SummarilyF4...

For an offence committed after a previous conviction, six months, or two hundred and fifty pounds, or both; otherwise, three months, or one hundred pounds, or both.

A conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-three, thirty-four or thirty-five of this Act, or under section thirteen of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the section replaced for England and Wales by sections thirty-three to thirty-six of this Act), shall be taken into account as a previous conviction in the same way as a conviction of an offence punishable under section thirty-six of this Act.

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F5Sch. 2 para. 33A inserted (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), ss. 55(3), 141; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2

Section 48.

Third ScheduleU.K. Consequential Amendments of Enactments not Consolidated.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Enactment and Subject matterAmendment
. . . F6 . . . F6
The Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.
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Subsection (2) of section ninety-nine (Presumption as to the truth of allegations about a person’s age in a charge or indictment).for the words “except an offence under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885” there shall be substituted the words “except as provided in that Schedule”.
First Schedule (Offences to which special provisions of the Act apply).Immediately before the last entry there shall be inserted the following entry:— “Any offence against a child or young person under any of the following sections of the Sexual Offences Act, 1956, that is to say sections two to seven, ten to sixteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-two to twenty-six and twenty-eight, and any attempt to commit against a child or young person an offence under section two, five, six, seven, ten, eleven, twelve, twenty-two or twenty-three of that Act: Provided that for the purposes of subsection (2) of section ninety-nine of this Act this entry shall apply so far only as it relates to offences under sections ten, eleven, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty and twenty-eight of the Sexual Offences Act, 1956 and attempts to commit offences under sections ten, eleven and twelve of that Act.”
The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1952.For the words “under section one of the Vagrancy Act, 1898” there shall be substituted the words “under section thirty, thirty-one or thirty-two of the Sexual Offences Act, 1956”.
The Visiting Forces Act, 1952.
Paragraph 1 of the Schedule (Offences not triable by United kingdom courts in the cases provided for by section three of the Act).At the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added as a new paragraph (viii):— “(viii) sections two to twenty-eight of the Sexual Offences Act 1956.”
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F6Sch. 3 entry relating to Extradition Act 1873 repealed by Extradition Act 1989 (c. 33, SIF 48), s. 37, Sch. 2

F7Sch. 3 entry relating to s. 15 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 repealed by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 119(2), Sch. 7 Pt. V and expressed to be repealed (5.11.1993) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Gp.1

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