Changes to Justice Act definition of 'Rave' UK authorities introduced new laws this week making it a criminal offence to go, or even prepare to go to a rave, within 24 hours of being stopped from visiting another one. The government also amended their infamous 1994 Criminal Justice Act definition of 'rave', keeping the notorious 'repetitive beats' clause while reducing the number of partygoers from 100 to 20 and making indoor squat parties also illegal. Curiously, indoor parties become raves only if the building is trespassed, while any outdoor party with more than 20 guests (including on private land) can now be classed as a rave. Liberty spokesperson Barry Hugill condemned the new laws, including another stating that just two people can now constitute a 'public assembly', telling the Big Issue 'this is totally unacceptable, it should only be a crime to commit a crime." "The government is introducing constraints and no-go areas the like of which haven't existed since wartime," Mr Hugill added. what pile of shite, these changes are. I went to various free/squat partys last summer having some great nights. this bad news for people who go and put these events on. now there only has to be 20 people for it to be classed as rave and the police can shut it down :evil:
Thats bang out that... its going to be up for interpretation too... how many mistakes are the authorities going to make? Taking the piss it really is...
As i'm not up to speed on the rave scene, could this be a cynical ploy to crack down on drug use... which is asscociated with the rave scene... by removing the raves?
yeah it most likely is, the law got passed first in 1994 i think and this was to stop the raves and the drugs that were going all with them as alot of gangsters and bad boys had got involved with the rave scene then
THE RAVE SCENE IS GOVERNMENT SPEAK FOR CLUBBING AS YOU KNOW IT! DONT BE FOOLED BY THE WORD RAVE, THIS LAW IS ABOUT CLUBBING
it was a fukkin school nite aswell, class A was running all over my house, class B was in the kitchen class C was in the bathroom and class d didnt turn up where you part of that special elite group ( five ) cant remember dude
if i remember correctly it was, you, me, miller, karl23 and superted, ah happy times, the fukkin police came three times aswell, ( good job it wasnt classed as a rave last summer, phew ) who was that space cadette who disappered down the back of my settee for a couple of hours, he was class
