{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-wales-regulations-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-wales-regulations-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2006/2629",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "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": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (31.12.2018) by virtue of The Environmental Noise (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1208), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/2629/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:03:02.067632+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."
}