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The Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

S.I. 2008/375 · Made 13 February 2008 · Extends to United Kingdom

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND

Made 13th February 2008

Laid before Parliament 19th February 2008

Coming into force 6th April 2008

The Secretary of State is a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the assessment, management and control of environmental noise. The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2004/706.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, extent and application
  2. 2Amendment of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006
  3. 3Amendment of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, extent and application

These Regulations—

(a)

may be cited as the Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008;

(b)

come into force on 6th April 2008; and

(c)

apply in England.

2Amendment of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006

The Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006f1 are amended as follows.

3Amendment of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006

In regulation 19 (duty to draw up, review and revise action plans), for “April”, in each place, substitute “June”.

(a)

In Schedule 2 (assessment methods for the noise indicators)—

(b)

in paragraph 2, for “LA10,18h ” substitute “LA10,18h”;

(c)

in paragraph 3(a), for “Calculation of railway noise”, substitute “Calculation of Railway Noise 1995”;

(d)

in paragraph 3(b), for “railway noise”, substitute “Railway Noise”.

Signature

Jonathan Shaw

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

13th February 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. 2006/2238).

Regulation 3 amends regulation 19 so that the date by which airport operators must submit their action plans to the Secretary of State is extended to 30th June in 2008 and 2013.

Regulation 4 corrects certain typographical errors in Schedule 2.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the public, private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.