169Unreasonable noise from entertainment venues

169 Unreasonable noise from entertainment venues (1) If a police officer receives a complaint from a person who lives near an entertainment venue and is aggrieved by unreasonable noise emitted from the entertainment venue the police officer may— (a) enter the entertainment venue; and (b) direct any person apparently in charge of the entertainment venue to take any action that the police officer reasonably considers necessary to abate the unreasonable noise. (2) A direction under subsection (1)(b)— (a) given before midnight takes effect at midnight and remains in force until 8 o'clock in the morning; or (b) given after midnight takes effect immediately and remains in force until 8 o'clock in the morning. (3) A person must comply with a direction given to the person under subsection (1)(b). Division 3—Enforcement S. 170 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).