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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/465",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply to environmental noise to which humans are exposed in particular in built up areas, in public parks or other quiet areas in an agglomeration, near schools, hospitals and other noise sensitive buildings and areas.\n(2) These Regulations do not apply to noise that is caused by the person exposed to the noise, noise from domestic activities, noise created by neighbours, noise at work places or noise inside means of transport or due to military activities in military areas.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 5.10.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/465/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:56.804202+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."
}