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Greater London Authority Act 1999

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370 The London Environment Strategy: ambient noise.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with ambient noise shall consist of— (a) information about ambient noise levels in Greater London and the impact of such noise levels on those living and working in Greater London, (b) an assessment of the impact of the Mayor’s strategies specified in section 41(1) above on ambient noise levels in Greater London, and (c) a summary of action taken, or proposed to be taken, by the Mayor for the purpose of promoting measures to reduce ambient noise levels in Greater London and the impact of such noise levels on those living and working in Greater London. (3) In this section— “ambient noise” means— noise related to transport, including road traffic, rail traffic, aircraft and water transport; and noise of such other descriptions as the Mayor may consider it appropriate to include in the matters dealt with by the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with ambient noise, but does not include noise falling within subsection (4) below; and “noise” includes vibration. (4) Noise falls within this subsection if it is— (a) noise emitted from works falling within section 60(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (construction works etc. which may be controlled by a local authority); (b) noise caused by the operation of a loud-speaker in a street, whether or not the operation would be a contravention of section 62(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (loud-speaker not to be operated in the street during certain hours); (c) noise at work which, under or by virtue of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, it is the duty of an employer to control; or (d) noise emitted from premises or emitted from or caused by a vehicle, machinery or equipment in a street, except noise caused by aircraft other than model aircraft or noise made by traffic; but noise does not fall within this subsection if it is noise from a fixed industrial source. (5) Expressions used in paragraph (d) of subsection (4) above and in section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have the same meaning in that paragraph as they have in that section. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your change, as a redline

370 The London Environment Strategy: ambient noise.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with ambient noise shall consist of— (a) information about ambient noise levels in Greater London and the impact of such noise levels on those living and working in Greater London, (b) an assessment of the impact of the Mayor’s strategies specified in section 41(1) above on ambient noise levels in Greater London, and (c) a summary of action taken, or proposed to be taken, by the Mayor for the purpose of promoting measures to reduce ambient noise levels in Greater London and the impact of such noise levels on those living and working in Greater London. (3) In this section— “ambient noise” means— noise related to transport, including road traffic, rail traffic, aircraft and water transport; and noise of such other descriptions as the Mayor may consider it appropriate to include in the matters dealt with by the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with ambient noise, but does not include noise falling within subsection (4) below; and “noise” includes vibration. (4) Noise falls within this subsection if it is— (a) noise emitted from works falling within section 60(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (construction works etc. which may be controlled by a local authority); (b) noise caused by the operation of a loud-speaker in a street, whether or not the operation would be a contravention of section 62(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (loud-speaker not to be operated in the street during certain hours); (c) noise at work which, under or by virtue of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, it is the duty of an employer to control; or (d) noise emitted from premises or emitted from or caused by a vehicle, machinery or equipment in a street, except noise caused by aircraft other than model aircraft or noise made by traffic; but noise does not fall within this subsection if it is noise from a fixed industrial source. (5) Expressions used in paragraph (d) of subsection (4) above and in section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have the same meaning in that paragraph as they have in that section. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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