Environmental Protection (Noise) Amendment Policy (No. 1) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 296 Environmental Protection Act 1994 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NOISE) AMENDMENT POLICY (No. 1) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Environmental protection policy amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Omission of s 2 (Commencement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions and dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 9 (How object is achieved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 13 (Evaluation procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Omission of pt 4 (Abatement of unreasonable noise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Renumbering of pts 5 to 7, hdgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Amendment of s 26 (Prescribed products to be labelled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 Amendment of s 27 (Explanation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 11 Amendment of s 34 (Noise modelling) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 12 Amendment of s 40 (Amendment of certain provisions—Act, s 32) . . . . . . 3 13 Omission of sch 2 (Reasonable noise levels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 14 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 15 Renumbering of schs 3 to 5, hdgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s6 Environmental Protection (Noise) Amendment No. 296, 1999 Policy (No. 1) ˙ Short title 1. This environmental protection policy may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Noise) Amendment Policy (No. 1) 1999 . ˙ Environmental protection policy amended 2. This policy amends the Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 1997 . ˙ Omission of s 2 (Commencement) 3. Section 2— omit . ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Definitions and dictionary) 4. Section 3, ‘schedule 5’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 4’. ˙ Amendment of s 9 (How object is achieved) 5.(1) Section 9(c)(ii)— omit . (2) Section 9(c)(iii) to (v)— renumber as section 9(c)(ii) to (iv). ˙ Amendment of s 13 (Evaluation procedure) 6. Section 13(b)(i), ‘part 7’— omit, insert — ‘part 6’.

s 7 3 s 12 Environmental Protection (Noise) Amendment No. 296, 1999 Policy (No. 1) ˙ Omission of pt 4 (Abatement of unreasonable noise) 7. Part 4— omit . ˙ Renumbering of pts 5 to 7, hdgs 8. Parts 5 to 7, headings— renumber as parts 4 to 6, headings. ˙ Amendment of s 26 (Prescribed products to be labelled) 9. Section 26(3), ‘schedule 3’— omit, inser t— ‘schedule 2’. ˙ Amendment of s 27 (Explanation) 10.(1) Section 27(2)(c)— omit . (2) Section 27(2)(d)— renumber as section 27(2)(c). ˙ Amendment of s 34 (Noise modelling) 11. Section 34(3), ‘Schedule 4’— omit, insert — ‘Schedule 3’. ˙ Amendment of s 40 (Amendment of certain provisions—Act, s 32) 12. Section 40, ‘schedule 1 or 4’—

s 13 4 s 15 Environmental Protection (Noise) Amendment No. 296, 1999 Policy (No. 1) omit, insert — ‘schedule 1 or 3’. ˙ Omission of sch 2 (Reasonable noise levels) 13. Schedule 2— omit . ˙ Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) 14.(1) Schedule 5, definitions “adjusted average maximum A-weighted sound pressure level” , “average maximum A-weighted sound pressure level” , “habitable room” , “long-term time average A-weighted sound pressure level” , “noise abatement notice” , “power boat” , “racing boat” , “responsible person” and “show cause notice” — omit . (2) Schedule 5— insert — ‘ “A-weighted sound pressure level” means the A-weighted sound pressure level worked out under AS1055.1. 1 ’. (3) Schedule 5, definition “navigable waterway” , ‘power boat’— omit, insert — ‘power driven watercraft, including a power driven personal watercraft,’. ˙ Renumbering of schs 3 to 5, hdgs 15. Schedules 3 to 5, headings— renumber as schedules 2 to 4, headings. 1 For the working out of A-weighted sound pressure level under AS 1055.1, see paragraph 3.7, definition “A-weighted sound pressure level”.

5 Environmental Protection (Noise) Amendment No. 296, 1999 Policy (No. 1) ENDNOTES 1. Approved by the Governor in Council on 25 November 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 26 November 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Environmental Protection Agency. © State of Queensland 1999