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New powers are included in Part III of the Bill to

enable the control of noise from individual items of plant

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be prescribed in Regulations made under the provisions of

the Bill1. It is intended that these provisions will only be

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used when technical oradministrative difficulties make other

forms of control inappropriate.

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The provisions of the Bill, with the exception of

those dealing with general neighbourhood noise, will be c.enforced by a Noise Control Authority appointed by the

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under flause 3. The Director of Environmental

Protection will be the Authority for this purpose.

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ensure that the provisions of the Bill will be enforced in a fair and reasonable manner, Part IV of the Bill provides for

by the Governor,

the appointment of an Appeal Board. by the Governor. Appeals

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such a permit.

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Sir, this Bill was first published in March 1987

for public comment. Extensive consultation was carried out

with interested parties including the manufacturing and

construction industries, the railway corporations, and the District Boards. In addition, the proposals were discussed at length with a Legislative Council a doc group.

result of this consultation, a number of amendments have

been made to the original Bill.

As a