Sexual Offences Act 2003

[F1136IOrders extending closure ordersE+W+N.I.

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(1)This section applies where a complaint is made under section 136H.

(2)The court may make an order extending the period for which the closure order has effect by a period specified in the order if the court is satisfied that the extension is necessary to prevent the premises being used for activities related to any of the specified [F2prostitution, pornography or child sex offences] in respect of which section 136D(9) applied.

(3)The period specified in the order may not exceed 3 months.

(4)The total period for which a closure order has effect may not exceed 6 months.

(5)An order under this section may include such provision as the court thinks appropriate relating to access to any other part of a building or other structure in which the premises are situated.]

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 2A inserted (E.W.N.I.) (1.4.2010 for E.W. and otherwise prosp.) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 21(1), 116(1), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with s. 21(2)); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(t) (subject to art. 6)