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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.440OLocal law may prescribe noise standards
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### sec.440O Local law may prescribe noise standards
This section applies in relation to a local government area if the local government for the local government area is the administering authority for this part.
A provision of a local law made by the local government may prescribe a noise standard by—
prohibiting the making of a stated noise (for example, by reference to the activity making the noise and the time at which the noise is made); and
stating a section in division 3 (the nominated section ) for which the local law provision is prescribing a noise standard.
If a provision of a local law is in force for which a section in division 3 is the nominated section, the local law provision applies as a noise standard.
s 440O ins 2008 No. 52 s 41
amd 2019 No. 28 s 39 sch 1 ; 2023 No. 6 s 94
(sec.440O-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a local government area if the local government for the local government area is the administering authority for this part.
(sec.440O-ssec.2) A provision of a local law made by the local government may prescribe a noise standard by— prohibiting the making of a stated noise (for example, by reference to the activity making the noise and the time at which the noise is made); and stating a section in division 3 (the nominated section ) for which the local law provision is prescribing a noise standard.
(sec.440O-ssec.3) If a provision of a local law is in force for which a section in division 3 is the nominated section, the local law provision applies as a noise standard.
- (a) prohibiting the making of a stated noise (for example, by reference to the activity making the noise and the time at which the noise is made); and
- (b) stating a section in division 3 (the nominated section ) for which the local law provision is prescribing a noise standard.