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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-10.json",
  "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/3/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n...\n“LAeq,16h” is the equivalent continuous sound level in dB(A) that, over the period 07:00 – 23:00 hours, contains the same sound energy as the actual fluctuating sound that occurred in that period;\n“LAeq,18h” is the equivalent continuous sound level in dB(A) that, over the period 06:00 – 24:00 hours, contains the same sound energy as the actual fluctuating sound that occurred in that period;\n“LAeq,6h” is the equivalent continuous sound level in dB(A) that, over the period 24:00 – 06:00 hours, contains the same sound energy as the actual fluctuating sound that occurred in that period.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 10 omitted (31.12.2018) by virtue of The Environmental Noise (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/190), regs. 1(1), 2(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 10 in operation at 20.10.2006, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/387/schedule/3/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:45:05.455423+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."
}