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UNCHANGED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENFORCED BY THE POLICE.
PERMIT
ON CONSTRUCTION NOISE, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE PRESENT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WORK AT NIGHT, BETWEEN 7 PM AND 7
AM, AND ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS WOULD BE RETAINED.
THE CONTROLS WOULD, HOWEVER, BE EXTENDED TO COVER PRESCRIBED TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION WORK WHICH MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRE THE USE OF POWERED MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT,
THE REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING
SUCH WORK WOULD BE MADE AFTER
ENACTMENT OF THE BILL, HE SAID.
"IN RESPECT OF NOISE FROM PILING, THE BILL MAKES A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN PERCUSSIVE AND NON-PERCUSSIVE PILING, MR CHAMBERS CONTINUED.
"IT IS PROPOSED THAT RESTRICTIONS ON NON-PERCUSSIVE PILING, WHICH IS RELATIVELY QUIET, SHOULD BE RELAXED WHILE CONTROL OF NOISY PERCUSSIVE PILLING SHOULD BE TIGHTENED.'
THE CURRENT PROHIBITION ON SUCH WORK DURING THE RESTRICTED HOURS WOULD BE RETAINED, AND PERCUSSIVE PILING WOULD IN FUTURE ALSO REQUIRE A PERMIT DURING DAYTIME HOURS, HE SAID.
THIS WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO LIMIT NOISY PERCUSSIVE PILING TO CERTAIN HOURS OF THE DAY IN LOCATIONS CLOSE ΤΟ NO19E SENSITIVE BUILDINGS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS OR RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS.
MR CHAMBERS SAID HE HOPED THAT THIS DISTINCTION WOULD ENCOURAGE THE USE OF QUIETER PILING METHODS.
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IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERMIT SYSTEM, THE BILL INTRODUCES CONCEPT OF TECHNICAL MEMORANDA WHICH WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE ON THE ADVICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND WHICH WILL CONTAIN DETAILED TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE PREDICTION, ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT OF NOISE, MR CHAMBERS SAID.
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"THESE PRINCIPLES WILL BE APPLIED IN ORDER TO WHETHER OR NOT A PERMIT SHOULD BE ISSUED IN ANY PARTICULAR WHAT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE INCLUDED."
MR CHAMBERS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE BILL INTRODUCED
ON NOISE FROM COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PREMISES.
DETERMINE CASE
AND
CONTROLS
SERVED
"CLAUSE 11 PROVIDES THAT NOISE ABATEMENT NOTICES MAY BE IF THE NOISE EMITTED IS CAUSING ANNOYANCE TO ANY PERSON, OR IF IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA SET OUT IN THE RELEVANT TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM, HE SAID.
"THESE NOTICES