ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NOISE) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 4
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NOISE) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 4
4 . General effect of this Part
(1) The requirements
prescribed by regulations 7 and 11 for the emission of noise from
premises are, subject to these regulations, prescribed standards for the
purposes of sections 51, 59(1)(i), 60(3)(a), 62(3), 65 and 74A of the
Act.
(2) An emission of
noise otherwise than in accordance with regulation 7 or 11 is, if either
of those regulations apply to the emission, a prescribed alteration of the
environment for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of
pollution in section 3A(1) of the Act.
(3) Nothing in these
regulations affects the application of section 49(4) or (5) of the Act.
[Regulation 4 amended: Gazette
7 Nov 2000 p. 6143; 5 Dec 2013 p. 5652.]