Organisation or facilitation of gatherings
3.—(1) No person may hold, or be involved in the holding of, a relevant gathering in the Tier 3 area.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a person who only participates in a gathering by attending it is not to be taken as being involved in the holding of the gathering.
(3) A gathering is a “relevant gathering” for the purposes of this paragraph if it falls within sub-paragraph (4) or (5).
(4) A gathering falls within this sub-paragraph if it—
(a)consists of more than 30 persons,
(b)takes place indoors, and
(c)would be a gathering of the kind mentioned in section 63(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (powers to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave) if it took place in the open air.
(5) A gathering falls within this sub-paragraph if (not falling within sub-paragraph (4)) it—
(a)consists of more than 30 persons,
(b)takes place—
(i)in a private dwelling,
(ii)on a vessel, or
(iii)on land which satisfies the condition in sub-paragraph (6), and
(c)is not a gathering in relation to which any of the exceptions set out in paragraph 4, 5 or 6 (so far as capable of applying to the gathering) applies.
(6) Land satisfies the condition in this sub-paragraph if it is a public outdoor place which is not—
(a)operated by a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, or
(b)part of premises used for the operation of a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, or a public body.
(7) In sub-paragraph (5)(b)(ii) “vessel” does not include government vessels, vessels used for public transport or houseboats.
(8) In applying for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5)(c) the exceptions set out in paragraph 4, the following do not apply—
(a)paragraph 4(3)(a), so far as relating to gatherings in public outdoor places operated by public bodies;
(b)paragraph 4(3)(b).