Environment Protection Regulation 2005
22Meaning of affected place
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22 Meaning of affected place (1) In this regulation: affected place, for noise being emitted from a place in the ACT, means a place (other than a road or road related area), whether inside or outside the ACT, where a person is affected by the noise. (2) However, a parcel of land held under a territory lease is an affected place for noise emitted from the parcel only if the noise is emitted from a unit and the affected place is another unit on the same units (3) For subsection (1), a person at a place (the first place) is affected by noise being emitted from another place in the ACT (emitted noise) if— (a) the person is an occupier of the first place (an affected person); and (b) the affected person complains about the emitted noise to an authorised officer; and (c) the noise level at the first place, as a result of the emitted noise, exceeds the noise standard for the first place. (4) In this section: occupier, of a place, includes a person who is lawfully at a place that is on— (a) unleased land; or (b) public land under the Crown Lands Act 1989 (NSW), section 153, as in force from time to time.
Interpretation for pt 3 Division 3.1