Pipers to be banned in Edinburgh

[george7]

It's probably for the best. There are plenty of other places to play the pipes.

[highlander_Daz]

Id like to see a piper taken to court and challange it, the police would be unable to privide any evidence of a breach of the peace


" 6. Persisting to the annoyance of others in playing musical instruments,
singing, playing radios etc on being required to stop - Section 54(1) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982"

one could argue that In Scotland a bagpipe is a weapon of war not a musical instrument.

and what evidence would the police produce to show that annoyance had occured.

If I made a sworn statement that i was "annoyed" by the Tattoo would it be cancelled?

I cant wait for a test case

[McClef]

I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't April 1!

Too often the sight of a kilted piper is all that visitors to Edinburgh will get of a man in a kilt out in the streets.

One would think that the police would have better things to do than persecute people who are actually helping the tourist industry,buskers or not.

Its not like they are playing late at night keeping folk awake.