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10.—(1) No person may hold, or be involved in the holding of, a relevant gathering.
(2) For the purposes of 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 regulation if it falls within paragraph (4) or (5).
(4) A gathering falls within this 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(1) (powers to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave) if it took place in the open air.
(5) A gathering falls within this paragraph if (not falling within paragraph (4)) it—
(a)consists of more than 30 persons,
(b)takes place—
(i)in a private dwelling,
(ii)on a vessel (other than a government vessel, a vessel used for public transport or a houseboat), or
(iii)on land which satisfies the condition in paragraph (7),
(c)is not a gathering in relation to which any of the exceptions set out in regulation 11, so far as capable of applying to the gathering, or the exception in paragraph (6), applies.
(6) This paragraph applies if, in the case of a gathering described in paragraph (5)(b)(ii) or (iii), the person holding the gathering or, if they are not the person responsible for organising that gathering, the gathering organiser—
(a)is a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, a public body or a political body, and
(b)has taken the required precautions (see regulation 14).
(7) Land satisfies the condition in this 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.
1994 c. 33. Section 63(1) was amended by section 58(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38).
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