PART 7Enforcement

Powers of removal and dispersal: gatherings and being away from homeI128

1

Paragraph (2) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is participating in a gathering in a private dwelling in contravention of—

F2a

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F2b

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c

paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3, or

d

paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4.

2

The enforcement officer may—

a

direct the gathering to disperse;

b

if the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person does not live at the dwelling—

i

direct the person to leave the dwelling;

ii

remove the person from the dwelling.

3

Paragraph (4) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is participating in a gathering in a place other than a private dwelling in contravention of—

a

paragraph 2(1) F3... of Schedule 1,

b

paragraph 2(1) F4... of Schedule 2,

c

paragraph 2(1) or F13(1) of Schedule 3, or

d

paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4.

4

The enforcement officer may—

a

direct the gathering to disperse;

b

direct the person to leave the place where the gathering is taking place;

c

remove the person from that place.

5

Where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is away from the place where the person is living in contravention of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4, the officer may—

a

direct the person to return to the place where the person is living;

b

remove the person to that place.