Regulation 35 Amendment of the Environmental Noise Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

the existing text is renumbered as sub-paragraph (1);

(ii)

at the end insert—

“(2)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the reference to paragraphs 1.5, 1.6 and 2.6 of Annex VI to the Directive is to be read with the following modifications—

(a)
in paragraphs 1.5 and 1.6, as if the reference in those paragraphs to “major roads”, “major railways” and “major airports” as defined in Article 3 of the Directive were to “major road”, “major railway” and major airport” as defined in regulation 2(3) of these Regulations;

(b)
in paragraphs 1.6 and 2.6, as if the words from “These data” to the end were omitted.”;

(b)

in paragraph 2, at the end insert—

“(3)
for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), a reference to Annex IV of the Directive is to be read as if the following were omitted—

(a)
in paragraph 4, the first indent;

(b)
in paragraph 5, the words from “concerning” to “Commission”;

(c)
paragraph 9.”.