{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-and-statutory-nuisance-act-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/40",
  "legislation_title": "Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-and-statutory-nuisance-act-1993",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), on an application made by any person, the local authority may consent to the operation in its area of a loudspeaker in contravention of section 62(1) of the 1974 Act or of section 137(1) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.\n(2) A consent shall not be given to the operation of a loudspeaker in connection with any election or for the purpose of advertising any entertainment, trade or business.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) added (E.W.) (1.8.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 137(6), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 4(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/40/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:50.244727+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."
}