63 Powers to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (1994 c 33) | Legislation

Powers in relation to raves

63  Powers to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave

(1)     This section applies to a gathering on land in the open air of 100 [20] or more persons (whether or not trespassers) at which amplified music is played during the night (with or without intermissions) and is such as, by reason of its loudness and duration and the time at which it is played, is likely to cause serious distress to the inhabitants of the locality; and for this purpose

(a)     such a gathering continues during intermissions in the music and, where the gathering extends over several days, throughout the period during which amplified music is played at night (with or without intermissions); and

(b)     “music” includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.

[(1A)     This section also applies to a gathering if—

(a)     it is a gathering on land of 20 or more persons who are trespassing on the land; and

(b)     it would be a gathering of a kind mentioned

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