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Besides the fact that you would be treading on dangerous ground with that, it doesn’t actually work. I’ve heard a few people who have had to front the money to the company for every day that the system is impounded.
My advice. Don’t do it. I’m not sure of the legal ins and outs but if you were caught out you could be charged with something like: “perverting the course of justice” or even fraud.
what may have worked briefly in the mid 1990s (when cops themselves didn’t know much about how to use the CJA) does not work on mature legislation.
the cops have plenty of “soft intelligence” on who is involved in free parties.
Authorities automatically assume those linked with the entertaiments or music industry (licensed or otherwise) will have a pre-disposition to criminal activity – this is a prejudice older than the Police service themseves (the first legal restrictions on travelling musicians in Britain were made in the 1300s!)
Cops have no problems about holding a hired rig, and if the “hire company reps” attend the police they would probably be interviewed (although not under arrest) as cops tried to find out whether they knew the party was unlicensed or not. they may also (if they suspect collusion) accuse the hire company of knowingly aiding this event – which leaves them open to further civil and criminal penalties.
even if a legitimate company complained they would just say “yes, you have had a financial loss but what about the landowners/building owners? you can’t make profit at someone elses cost…”
They would then say the only way they could recover their loss would be to make a criminal or civil claim against the organisers alleging they had been duped into supplying sound equipment for an illegal event. Obviously if they are friends the hirers would be unwilling to do this!
