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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Standard licence conditions for sexual entertainment venues

Licensed sex entertainment venues in Islington are expected to adhere to the conditions outlined below.

  1. General
  2. Management
  3. Premises
  4. Advertising
  1. Admission
  2. Performers
  3. Customers

General

  • the licensee must remain in personal control of the premises at all times that it is trading or nominate in writing an individual over the age of 18 with the authority to direct activities within the premises. 
  • the licensee shall notify us in writing of any change in directors, trustees, partners or other persons concerned in the management of the licensed activities within fourteen days of such change. 
  • the licensee shall provide in a timely fashion copies of any documents reasonably required by an authorised officer of the council to prove compliance with this licence. 
  • the licensee must give written notice to us if s/he wishes to surrender the licence. 
  • we reserve the right to amend or alter these conditions (provided that such change will not prevent the operators from viably carrying on the business of the premises) following consultation with licensees. 
  • the meaning of 'sexual entertainment' is given in Section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009. 
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