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The Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

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Draft 1998, ISBN 0110659821

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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 20 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 on 6th May 1998; draft to lie for forty days, pursuant to section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, during which period either House of Parliament may resolve that the Regulations be not made. This draft supersedes the previous printed draft (ISBN 011 065587) and will be issued free of charge to all known recipients.

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

Made 1998

Coming into force 1998

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (as respects England) and the Secretary of State for Wales (as respects Wales), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 20 of the Land Compensation Act 1973f1, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which was laid before Parliament for 40 days during which period neither House of Parliament resolved that the Regulations should not be madef2:

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Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 26, to which there are amendments and of which there are repeals not relevant to these Regulations.

f2

Since these Regulations were not the first to be made under section 20, a draft of them did not require to be approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to subsection (9).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 1996
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on the tenth day after the day on which they are made.

2Amendment of the Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 1996

The Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 1996f1 shall be amended by the insertion in paragraph (1) of regulation 9 after the words “Calculation of Railway Noise 1995” of the words “and the supplement to that technical memorandum entitled Calculation of Railway Noise 1995 (Supplement 1)”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Minister for Transport

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

1998

Secretary of State for Wales

1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 1996 by adding procedures for predicting noise levels generated by “Eurostar” type trains including the version known as “Regional Eurostar” or “North of London”. Those procedures are described in “Calculation of Railway Noise 1995 (Supplement 1)” copies of which are obtainable by the public from The Stationery Office [ISBN 0 11 551873 8].