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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.440YAmplifier devices other than at indoor venue or open-air event
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### sec.440Y Amplifier devices other than at indoor venue or open-air event
This section applies to a person who operates an amplifier device other than at an indoor venue or open-air event.
The person must not operate the device in a way that makes audible noise—
on a business day, before 7a.m. or after 10p.m; or
on any other day, before 8a.m. or after 6p.m.
At a time when the person may operate the device under subsection (2) , the person must not operate the device in a way that makes noise of more than 10dB(A) above the background level.
However, subsection (3) does not apply if the person is operating the device at an educational institution.
In this section—
amplifier device means any of the following—
a loudhailer;
a megaphone;
a public address system, other than for a railway;
a remote telephone bell;
a telephone repeater bell.
s 440Y ins 2008 No. 52 s 41
(sec.440Y-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who operates an amplifier device other than at an indoor venue or open-air event.
(sec.440Y-ssec.2) The person must not operate the device in a way that makes audible noise— on a business day, before 7a.m. or after 10p.m; or on any other day, before 8a.m. or after 6p.m.
(sec.440Y-ssec.3) At a time when the person may operate the device under subsection (2) , the person must not operate the device in a way that makes noise of more than 10dB(A) above the background level.
(sec.440Y-ssec.4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if the person is operating the device at an educational institution.
(sec.440Y-ssec.5) In this section— amplifier device means any of the following— a loudhailer; a megaphone; a public address system, other than for a railway; a remote telephone bell; a telephone repeater bell.
- (a) on a business day, before 7a.m. or after 10p.m; or
- (b) on any other day, before 8a.m. or after 6p.m.
- (a) a loudhailer;
- (b) a megaphone;
- (c) a public address system, other than for a railway;
- (d) a remote telephone bell;
- (e) a telephone repeater bell.