NEW LAWS: Tougher laws to combat unruly parties, such as the out-of-control party in Piara Waters where 500 drunken youths went on a rampage, come into effect this weekend. Picture: Kerris Berrington Source: PerthNow
NEW WA laws combating out-of-control parties will come into effect on Saturday, just in time for the Christmas-New Year party blitz.
The laws, passed through parliament in late November, give police greater powers to deal with unruly gatherings and provide them with the ability to prosecute irresponsible party hosts.
Organisers face a maximum penalty of 12 months in jail and a fine of $12,000.
A party can be deemed to be out of control if there are 12 or more people attending and at least two people are engaging in criminal conduct, including disorderly behaviour and behaviour that causes fear or alarm to neighbours.
And police have the power to order the immediate dispersal of offenders and can arrest anyone who fails to comply.
WA Police recently spent $1.3 million acquiring two new 14-berth buses described as ``prison on wheels'', which will be used to house drunken and loutish revellers if they refuse to move on.
The buses come equipped with CCTV to record any criminal behaviour inside the bus.
``The message to partygoers over summer is simple: if police order you to disperse or to stop engaging in unlawful behaviour, and you don't, you can expect to be arrested, and find yourself in a cell on these buses,'' Police Minister Liza Harvey said.
The legislation followed a spate of out-of-control parties in Perth, usually brought about by the posting of event plans on social media.
In September, a teenager was stabbed, bricks were hurled at police and an ambulance was smashed up when about 500 youths, mainly juveniles, gathered at a party in Piara Waters in Perth's south-eastern suburbs.
``The community is sick to death of this sort of unruly, criminal behaviour, and the government supports police taking a robust stance when dealing with troublemakers,'' Ms Harvey said.
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