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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/387",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Noise Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General requirements for strategic noise maps",
  "text": "(1) Strategic noise maps and their revisions shall—\n(a) satisfy the minimum requirements laid down in Annex IV of the Directive; and\n(b) be clear and comprehensible.\n(2) In applying paragraph (1)(a) any reference in Annex IV of the Directive to—\n(a) Article 8 of the Directive shall be taken to be a reference to regulations 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36 and 39 of these Regulations;\n(b) Article 9 of the Directive shall be taken to be a reference to regulation 52 of these Regulations.\n(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—\n(a) in paragraph 4, the first indent;\n(b) in paragraph 5, the words from “concerning” to “Commission”;\n(c) paragraph 9.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/584), regs. 1, 35(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in operation at 20.10.2006, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/387/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
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  },
  "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."
}