{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-england-regulations-2006/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-england-regulations-2006/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2238",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-england-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Competent authority",
  "text": "This Chapter applies to—\n(a) major airports; and\n(b) non-designated other airports if aircraft noise results in an Lden value of 55 dB(A) or greater or an Lnight value of 50 dB(A) or greater anywhere in first round agglomerations or agglomerations,\nand the competent authority is the airport operator.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2238/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:23:06.793178+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}