167Unreasonable noise from residential premises

167 Unreasonable noise from residential premises (a) emit an unreasonable noise from residential premises; or (b) permit an unreasonable noise to be emitted from residential premises. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person is taken to emit an unreasonable noise from residential premises if the person uses a prescribed item, except in a case of emergency— (a) at any time prescribed as a prohibited time; and (b) if noise emitted by that item can be heard in a habitable room in residential premises other than premises in which the item is being used, whether or not a window or door in that room is open. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a ***habitable room*** means a room other than a kitchen, storage area, bathroom, laundry, toilet or pantry. S. 168 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).