[F1Restrictions on large gatheringsN.I.
5A.—(1) A person (“an organiser or operator”) shall not organise or operate or participate in—
(a)an indoor or outdoor gathering of more than thirty persons at a private dwelling;
(b)a private indoor or outdoor gathering of thirty or more persons (whether or not at a private dwelling) at which amplified music is played during the night with or without intermissions and which music is likely to cause serious distress to the inhabitants of the locality by reason of its loudness, duration and the time at which it is played.
(2) A person, not being an organiser or operator referred to in paragraph (1), shall not participate in a gathering referred to in that paragraph.
(3) In this regulation “amplified music” includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 5A inserted (12.11.2020 at 5.30 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 13) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/250), regs. 1(2), 2(4)