SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Control of Sex Shops

F1How hearings may be held

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24B

1

A local authority may determine that a hearing is to be held—

a

in person,

b

wholly through the use of remote facilities, or

c

partly in person and partly through the use of remote facilities.

2

When determining how a hearing is to be held, a local authority must take account of any views given on that issue by any person who notifies the authority of an intention to participate in the hearing.

3

In sub-paragraph (1), “remote facilities” means any equipment or facility which—

a

enables persons who are not in the same place to participate in the hearing, and

b

enables those persons to speak to and be heard by each other (whether or not it enables those persons to see and be seen by each other).