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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/342",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/465) (“the 2006 Regulations”) to implement Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 168, 1.7.2015, p.1).\nThese Regulations provide for new common noise assessment methods as set out in Annex II to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (OJ L 189, 18.7.2002, p.12), the text of which was replaced by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996.\nRegulation 2(1) amends the definition of “Directive” in regulation 3 of the 2006 Regulations to narrate amendments made to Directive 2002/49/EC, including by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996.\nThe Regulations also make an amendment to regulation 5(2)(b) of the 2006 Regulations to clarify the intended application of the supplementary noise indicators defined in schedule 3 of those Regulations.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/342/note",
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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."
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