Explanatory Notes

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

2005 CHAPTER 15

7th April 2005

The Act

Commentary on Sections

Part 4: Public order and conduct in public places etc.
Section 137: Loudspeakers in designated area

338.Subsection (1) states that a loudspeaker shall not be operated, at any time for any purpose in a street within the designated area.Subsections (2)and (3) set out the exceptions. Subsection (4) sets out the penalties for operating a loudspeaker in contravention of the prohibition.