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TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ON NOISE
FROM CONSTRUCTION WORKS OTHER THAN PERCUSSIVE PILING
1. PRELIMINARY
1.1 Citation and Commencement
This Technical Memorandum is issued pursuant to Section 9 of
the Noise Control Ordinance and may be cited as the Technical Memorandum
on Noise from Construction Works other than Percussive Piling. This Technical Memorandum shall come into effect on a date as specified in the
Gazette.
1.2 Application and Scope
This Technical Memorandum details the procedures that should be
adopted by the Authority for the assessment of noise from construction
works other than percussive piling, for the issuing of Construction Noise Permits for work other than percussive piling pursuant to Section 8 of the Ordinance and for determining whether or not any such Construction Noise Permit is being complied with.
Interpretation
1.3
In this Technical Memorandum,
unless the context otherwise
requires, the following definitions apply :-
"Authority" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"construction site" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"Construction Noise Permit" means a construction noise permit issued
pursuant to Section 8 of the Ordinance;
"Ordinance" means the Noise Control Ordinance;
"percussive piling" means the sinking or driving of a pile by direct
or indirect hammering or other percussive means;
"pile" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"piling" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;