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Environment Protection Act 1997
8Limitation of application in relation to certain people and
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8 Limitation of application in relation to certain people and
things
(1) This Act does not apply in relation to noise made by or a pollutant
emitted into the air by—
(a) a light rail vehicle or other train; or
(b) a Commonwealth jurisdiction aircraft within the meaning of the
Air Services Act 1995 (Cwlth); or
(c) a person using only the person’s body; or
(d) an animal; or
(e) a motor vehicle being driven on a road, unless the motor
vehicle—
(i) is being driven on the road for the purpose of conducting
reliability trials or speed tests; and
(ii) has been exempted under the road transport legislation
from the provisions of that legislation about attaching
silencers to the exhaust pipes of motor vehicles, rules of
the road and speed limits during the trials or tests.
(2) This Act does not apply to environmental harm that results, or is
alleged to result solely from the appearance or siting, or both, of a
structure (other than a structure naturally occurring).
light rail vehicle—see the Road Transport (General) Act 1999,
dictionary.
road—see the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, dictionary.
road transport legislation—see the Road Transport (General)