New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS (NOISE CONTROL) REGULATION 2008

- Made under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
- As at 1 March 2008
- Reg 40 of 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions

   PART 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

           Division 1 - Sale of motor vehicles and motor vehicle accessories
           Note

              Subdivision 1 - Motor vehicles and related articles

   4.      Sale of motor vehicles generally
   5.      Sale of used motor vehicles with defective noise control equipment

              Subdivision 2 - Motor vehicle horns

   6.      Subdivision applies only to retail sale of new motor vehicle horns
   7.      Sale of motor vehicle horns generally

              Subdivision 3 - Motor vehicle intruder alarms

   8.      Subdivision applies only to retail sale of new motor vehicle intruder alarms
   9.      Sale of motor vehicle intruder alarms generally
   10.     Sale of motor vehicle intruder alarms with a panic or override switch
   11.     Sale of motor vehicle intruder alarms having certain sound characteristics

           Division 2 - Use of motor vehicles and motor vehicle accessories

              Subdivision 1 - Motor vehicles

   12.     Use of motor vehicles on road or road related area
   13.     Use of motor vehicles in places other than on road or road related area
   14.     Use of motor vehicles on residential premises
   15.     Use of refrigeration units fitted to motor vehicles
   16.     Use of motor vehicle sound systems
   17.     Drive or use motor vehicle on road or road related area if vehicle’s sound system emits offensive noise
   18.     Drive or use motor vehicle on road or road related area if noise control equipment defective or modified
   19.     Repairs and modifications
   20.     Owners and drivers of motor vehicles involved in excess noise offences

              Subdivision 2 - Motor vehicle horns

   21.     Motor vehicle horns generally

              Subdivision 3 - Motor vehicle intruder alarms

   22.     Interpretation
   23.     Use of motor vehicle intruder alarms triggered by panic switches
   24.     Use of motor vehicle intruder alarms generally
   25.     Design and construction of motor vehicle intruder alarms

           Division 3 - Defective vehicle notices

   26.     Defective vehicle notices
   27.     Defective vehicle labels

   PART 3 - MARINE VESSELS

           Division 1 - Use of marine vessels

   28.     Interpretation
   29.     Sounding of sirens from vessels
   30.     Vessels not to emit offensive noise
   31.     Liability of owner of vessel
   32.     Noise control equipment to be properly maintained
   33.     Use of sound systems on vessels

           Division 2 - Defective vessel notices

   34.     Defective vessel notices
   35.     Defective vessel labels

   PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

           Division 1 - Sale of articles

              Subdivision 1 - Preliminary

   36.     Division applies only to retail sale of new articles
   37.     Size, design, format and construction of noise labels

              Subdivision 2 - Grass-cutting machines

   38.     Noise labels on grass-cutting machines
   39.     Mowers
   40.     Edge-cutters
   41.     String-trimmers
   42.     Brush cutters
   43.     Other grass-cutting machines

              Subdivision 3 - Other articles

   44.     Labelling of chainsaws
   45.     Labelling of domestic air conditioners
   46.     Labelling of mobile air compressors
   47.     Labelling of pavement breakers
   48.     Labelling of mobile garbage compactors
   49.     Sale of building intruder alarms

           Division 2 - Use of articles

              Subdivision 1 - Time limits on the use of certain articles

   50.     Power tools and equipment
   51.     Musical instruments and sound equipment
   52.     Air conditioners and heat pump water heaters

              Subdivision 2 - Building intruder alarms

   53.     Use of building intruder alarms

   PART 5 - INSPECTION AND TESTING OF CERTAIN ARTICLES

   54.     Determining the noise level of an article
   55.     Measuring instruments-motor vehicle accessory, grass-cutting machine, chainsaw or mobile garbage compactor
   56.     Measurements may be disregarded on account of extraneous noise

   PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

   57.     Savings provision
   58.     Amendment of Protection of the Environment Operations (Penalty Notices) Regulation 2004
   59.     Repeal
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3