Noise Levels

[chrisuk013]

I work on a small'sh bar venue as a door supervisor and of late the dj has been liberty's on how loud he plays his music and this has been noticed by a few police officer friends. He usually plays from 21:30/22:00 until around 02:15am. What I am aiming to find out is the average db's by law he can play his music at? I have access to sound device that can measure this.. thanks in advance

[grasscarp]

The information on this site is quite comprehensive.
http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=76

[Peter Pedant]

Well the police may not remain your frenz
but will always remain police officers

excellent URL from grassie and I fail to see why the police are getting involved as it ceased to be a police matter well - before you were born

b
it must be subjective as that was why glastonbury was born because old farmer eaves wondered if young people needed a place to play muzak

so it will be up to the neighbours
and yes you may find an officer will say o yeah I am one of them !

Your correct course is to say you are a doorman and not a sound knob twiddler
and that you have referred it to your employer
and of course do so
and reflet ruefully that the Plice are never Off Duty

[EDDIE51]

Been waiting for someone to post the decibel level at which action mustbe taken ,so here is a link with decibel levels
http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/regulations.htm
80 decibel is the level at which the employer must do an impact study, that is quite low ( I have had to do measurements in a place I worked) I am sure the DJs sound system is way over that !