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Regulation 2 Amendment of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006

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(1)

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

(2)

In regulation 2—

(a)

in paragraph (2), in the definition of “the Directive”, for the words from “of 25 June 2002” to the end substitute “relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996”;

(b)

in paragraph (3), after “Annex I” insert “, 2”.

(3)

In regulation 4—

(a)

in paragraph (3), for “means of” to the end substitute “computation (at the assessment position) and by means of the assessment methods set out in Annex 2 to the Directive”;

(b)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)

In paragraph (3), “assessment position” means the assessment height in paragraph 7 of Annex 4 to the Directive.”;

(c)

omit paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4)

Omit Schedule 2.

(5)

In Schedule 3—

(a)

in paragraph 1, omit the definition of “LA10,18h”;

(b)

omit paragraph 2(a).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2006/2238, as amended by S.I. 2008/375, 2010/340; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.