Law About House Partys ?

[Booche]

Hi all as the post says what laws do we have to follow for doing a house party as ive just been booked for a girls 21st and its my first house party so wondered what type of things ill need to sort out or look out for etc, pli,produb,what about music loudness after certain hours ?

things like that if anyone can advise or help would be very welcomd

Cheers Dave

[Tony Scott]

just don't go too bass heavy, you WILL get the police attending (usually after 11pm) but they can't actually do anything unless they are accompanied by environmental health.... however it's good policy to not wind them up!

I regularly do house parties till 4 or 5am and find as long as you have somebody sensible on the door to deal with the police and turn the volume down a bit while they are there then they just let you get on with it.

A bigger problem is pished up party people being rowdy in the street in my experience.

[Booche]

Cheers Tony, think ill have to leave my big class d's at home then lol yeah if anyone is pished up then i shall have a word witht he organiser and explain the situation, just hope theres enough room in the house lol

Cheers again mate Dave

[Disco Tech Liverpool]

Make sure you have a PRS license as the house certainly wont have one. You don't want to get done or have your gear confiscated fpr not having the broadcast license that normally comes with the venue.

[Booche]

Make sure you have a PRS license as the house certainly wont have one. You don't want to get done or have your gear confiscated fpr not having the broadcast license that normally comes with the venue.

Just been looking into that mate thankyou

cheers Dave

Edit: just seen this and thinking this may apply:

10. Private family events

PRS for Music does not make a charge for functions of a purely domestic or family nature, such as wedding receptions, christening parties or domestic birthday parties, when:

* Attendance of guests is by personal invitation only (except for staff, performers, etc.)
* The function is held in a privately-booked room, not at that time open to the general public
* There is no form of charge made for admission
* There is no financial gain to the function’s organiser or host (e.g. the person hiring the venue)

[Tony Scott]

Make sure you have a PRS license as the house certainly wont have one. You don't want to get done or have your gear confiscated fpr not having the broadcast license that normally comes with the venue.

Just been looking into that mate thankyou

cheers Dave

Edit: just seen this and thinking this may apply:

10. Private family events

PRS for Music does not make a charge for functions of a purely domestic or family nature, such as wedding receptions, christening parties or domestic birthday parties, when:

* Attendance of guests is by personal invitation only (except for staff, performers, etc.)
* The function is held in a privately-booked room, not at that time open to the general public
* There is no form of charge made for admission
* There is no financial gain to the function’s organiser or host (e.g. the person hiring the venue)

Was just about to mention that when you edited your post..... you don't need PRS for a house party as it's not a public area, same applies for a marquee wedding in somebody's garden.

[Corabar Steve]

& going back to your first post, ProDub has no relevance to performance

[Excalibur]

just don't go too bass heavy, you WILL get the police attending (usually after 11pm) but they can't actually do anything unless they are accompanied by environmental health.... however it's good policy to not wind them up!

I regularly do house parties till 4 or 5am and find as long as you have somebody sensible on the door to deal with the police and turn the volume down a bit while they are there then they just let you get on with it.

A bigger problem is pished up party people being rowdy in the street in my experience.

Work round here in rural East Yorkshire. Decorate a barn, invite everybody in a two mile radius, organise a bar and a hog roast, job done. Simples.

[Tony Scott]

Work round here in rural East Yorkshire. Decorate a barn, invite everybody in a two mile radius, organise a bar and a hog roast, job done. Simples.

I fully expect an invite to the next one then Peter, sounds excellent! My brother-in-law will put me up as he lives in Morley, not far from you is it? It's all up north anyway!

[Booche]

Was just about to mention that when you edited your post..... you don't need PRS for a house party as it's not a public area, same applies for a marquee wedding in somebody's garden.

Was thinking and hoping that applies but wanted to make sure as its being away from a venue and is all new to me lol

& going back to your first post, ProDub has no relevance to performance

Was just covering everything better safe then sorry

Cheers guys