Environment Protection Act 2002

GN No. 115 of 2203

Regulations made by the Minister under sections 41 and 96 of the Environment Protection Act 2002

1. These regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Environmental Standards for Noise) (Amendment) Regulations 2003.

2. In these regulations -

" principal regulations" means the Environment Protection (Environmental Standards for Noise) Regulations 1997.

3. The principal regulations are amended in regulation 2 -

(a) by deleting the definitions of "factory" and "neighbourhood noise" and replacing them by the following definitions -

(a) "factory" has the same meaning as in section 71 (1)(a) and (b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii) of the Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act;

(b) (b) "neighbourhood noise" means any noise other than-

(a) industrial noise;

(b) power station noise; or

(c) noise made by an aircraft, an animal or traffic;

(c) by adding the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical order -

" power station noise" means noise emitted by a station that generates electricity for supply by way of trade.

4. The Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by adding after the item "Neighbourhood Noise", the following item -

Power Station Noise

In residential area –

07.00 - 21.00 hrs ... 60 dB(A)L
eq

21.00 - 07.00 hrs ... 55 dB(A)L
eq

In any other area -

At any time ... ... … 70 dB(A)L
eq