The Environmental Noise (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

• Citation: S.I. 2018/1208 (W.)
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Environmental Noise (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 December 2018.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Amendment of the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006

(1) The Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(2) in the definition of “Directive”, for “as amended from time to time” substitute “as last amended by Commission Directive ( EU ) 2015/996”.

(3) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (3), for the words from “means of” to the end substitute “computation (at the assessment position) and by means of the assessment methods set out in Annex II to the Directive.”;

(b) after paragraph (3) insert—

(3A) In paragraph (3), “assessment position” means the assessment height in paragraph 7 of Annex IV to the Directive.

(c) omit paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4) Omit Schedule 2.

(5) In Schedule 3—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit the definition of “LA10, 18h”;

(b) omit paragraph 2(a).