NOISE CONTROL
Ord. No. 75/88
A493
(4) Subject to subsection (6), any person who at any place between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., or at any time on a general holiday, carries out, or causes or permits to be carried out, any percussive piling commits an offence.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), any person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable
(a) on first conviction to a fine of $50,000;
(b) on second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of $100,000,
and in any case to a fine of $10,000 for each day during which the offence continues.
(6)
It shall not be an offence under this section for an owner, tenant or occupier of domestic premises to use in such premises a single item of powered mechanical equipment-
(a) that is portable and designed for operation while held by hand
without any other form of support; and
(b) that is the only item of powered mechanical equipment in use in
such premises at any one time.
7. (1) Any person who at any place on any occasion carries out, or Noise from causes or permits to be carried out, any construction work contrary to any noise control regulations made under section 27(1) for the purposes of this section commits an offence.
(2) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable-
(a)
on first conviction to a fine of $50,000;
(b) on second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of $100,000,
and in any case to a fine of $10,000 for each day during which the offence continues.
construction work contrary to regulations
8. (1) The Authority may issue construction noise permits and may Construction impose in relation to any construction noise permit any condition he thinks noise permits
fit.
(2) An application for a construction noise permit shall be made to the Authority in the prescribed form and manner and be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) In considering an application under this section, the Authority shall be guided by any Technical Memoranda issued from time to time under section 9(1).
(4)
Not later than 28 days after an application made under this section is received by the Authority, he shall issue a construction noise permit or serve on the applicant written notice of his refusal to issue the permit, and if at the end of those 28 days he has done neither of those things a permit shall be deemed to have been issued.