The Environmental Noise (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2018/1208 (W245) |
| Year | 2018 |
2018 No. 1208 (W. 245)
Environmental Protection, Wales
The Environmental Noise (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Made 20th November 2018
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 23th November 2018
Coming into force 31th December 2018
The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721. The Welsh Ministers are designated2for the purposes of that Act in relation to measures relating to the assessment, management and control of environmental noise.
Title, commencement and application
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Environmental Noise (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 December 2018.
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
Amendment of the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006
2.—(1) The Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 20063are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(2) in the definition of “Directive”, for “as amended from time to time” substitute “as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996”.
(3) In regulation 4—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (3), for the words from “means of” to the end substitute “computation (at the assessment position) and by means of the assessment methods set out in Annex II to the Directive.”;
(b)
(b) after paragraph (3) insert—
“3A In paragraph (3), “assessment position” means the assessment height in paragraph 7 of Annex IV to the Directive.”;
(c)
(c) omit paragraphs (4) and (5).
(4) Omit Schedule 2.
(5) In Schedule 3—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 1, omit the definition of “LA10, 18h”;
(b)
(b) omit paragraph 2(a).
Hannah Blythyn
Minister for Environment under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
20 November 2018
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. 2006/2629 (W. 225)) (“the 2006 Regulations”) in order to implement Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 168, 1.7.2015, p. 1).
These Regulations provide for new common noise assessment methods as set out in Annex II to Directive 2002/49/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council of 25...
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