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28.—(1) Without prejudice to any other statutory provision it shall be lawful for any person who—N.I.
(a)was using any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall as a sex establishment immediately before the date of the first publication under paragraph (2) of Article 4 of a notice of the passing of a resolution under that Article by the council for the district; and
(b)had before the appointed day duly applied to the council for a licence for the establishment,
to continue to use the premises, vehicle, vessel or stall as a sex establishment until the determination of his application.
(2) In this paragraph and paragraph 29 “the appointed day”, in relation to any district, means the day specified in the resolution passed under Article 4 as the date upon which this Schedule is to come into force in that district.
29.—(1) This paragraph applies to an application for the grant of a licence under this Schedule made before the appointed day.N.I.
(2) A council shall not consider any application to which this paragraph applies before the appointed day.
(3) A council shall not grant any application to which this paragraph applies until it has considered all such applications.
(4) In considering which of several applications to which this paragraph applies should be granted a council shall give preference over other applicants to any applicant who satisfies them—
(a)that he is using the premises, vehicle, vessel or stall to which the application relates as a sex establishment; and
(b)that some person was using the premises, vehicle, vessel or stall as a sex establishment on 1st August 1984; and
(c)that—
(i)he is that person; or
(ii)he is a successor of that person in the business or activity which was being carried on there on that date.
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