COLLEA
TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NOISE FROM
PLACES OTHER THAN CONSTRUCTION SITES, DOMESTIC PREMISES
OR PUBLIC PLACES
1. PRELIMINARY
1.1 Citation and Commencement
This Technical Memorandum is issued pursuant to Section 10 of the
Noise Control Ordinance and may be cited as the Technical Memorandum
for the Assessment of Noise from Places other than Construction
Sites, Domestic Premises or Public Places.
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
generally be adopted by the Authority for the measurement and
assessment of noise emanating from places other than construction
sites, domestic premises or public places and for the issuing of
Noise Abatement Notices pursuant to Section 11 of the Ordinance and
for determining whether or not any Noise Abatement Notice is being
complied with.
1.3 Interpretation
In this Technical Memorandum, unless the context otherwise requires, comez
the following definitions apply :-
"Authority" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"construction site" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"domestic premises" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"Ordinance" means the Noise Control Ordinance (1986);
"place" has the same meaning as in the Ordinance; and
"public place" has the
Ordinance.
same meaning as in the Summary Offences