Restrictions on raves and large house partiesN.I.
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10.—(1) A person must not organise or operate a rave or a large house party.
(2) No person may participate in a gathering prohibited under paragraph (1).
(3) (a) “Large house party” means an indoor or outdoor gathering of more than 30 persons at a private dwelling;
(b)“Rave” means a private indoor or outdoor gathering of 30 or more persons (whether or not at a private dwelling) at which amplified music is played during the night with or without intermission which is likely to cause serious distress to inhabitants of the locality by reason of its loudness, duration and the time at which it is played.
(4) “Amplified music” includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.