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B. "music includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a
succession of repetitive beats.
(1 A) 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 in subsection (1} above if it took place on
land in the open air.
2. If, as respects any land, a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent reasonably
believes that—
(a) two or more persons are making preparations for the holding there of a gathering to
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which this section applies,
(b) ten or more persons are waiting for such a gathering to begin there, or
(c) ten or more persons are attending such a gathering which is in progress,
he may give a direction that those persons and any other persons who come to prepare or wait
for or to attend the gathering are to leave the land and remove any vehicles or other property
which they have with them on the land.
3. A direction under subsection (2) above, if not communicated to the persons referred to in
subsection (2) by the police officer giving the direction, may be communicated to them
by any constable at the scene.
4. Persons shall be treated as having had a direction under subsection (2) above
communicated to them if reasonable steps have been taken to bring it to their attention.
5. A direction under subsection (2) above does not apply to an exempt person.
6. If a person knowing that a direction has been given which applies to him—
a. fails to leave the land as soon as reasonably practicable, or
b. having left again enters the land within the period of 7 days beginning with the day on
which the direction was given, he commits an offence and is liable on summary
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding
level 4 on the standard scale, or both.
7. In proceedings for an offence under subsection (6) above it is a defence for the accused to
show that he had a reasonable excuse for failing to leave the land as soon as reasonably
practicable or, as the case may be, for again entering the land.
(7 A) A person commits an offence if-
a. he knows that a direction under subsection (2) above has been given which applies to
him, and
b. he prepares for or attends a gathering to which this section applies within the period of 24
hours starting when the direction was given.
(7B) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (7A) above is liable on summary
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding
level 4 on the standard scale, or both.
(8) ...l
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(9) This section does not apply—

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