Environment Protection Regulations 2021
131AWind turbine noise agreement
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131A Wind turbine noise agreement
(1) An owner or operator of a wind energy facility and a relevant landowner may enter into a written agreement regarding noise limits with which the wind turbine noise from that facility must comply (wind turbine noise agreement).
(2) A wind turbine noise agreement—
(a) must specify the wind energy facility and the premises of the relevant landowner (including any particular buildings) to which the agreement relates; and
(b) may modify the noise limits with which the wind turbine noise from that facility must otherwise comply in relation to noise emissions to the premises of the relevant landowner specified in the agreement.
(3) A wind turbine noise agreement cannot modify a noise limit with which the wind turbine noise from a wind energy facility must comply in relation to noise emissions to premises other than the premises of the relevant landowner.
Reg. 131B substituted by S.R. No. 120/2022 reg. 7.