Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997

Nothing in these regulations applies to the following noise emissions —

noise emissions from the propulsion and braking systems of motor vehicles operating on a road;

noise emissions from a safety warning device, other than a reversing alarm, fitted to a motor vehicle operating on a road;

noise emissions from trains or aircraft (other than model aircraft and trains operating on railways with a gauge of less than 70 cm);

noise emissions from a safety warning device fitted to a train or vessel;

noise emissions from an emergency vehicle as defined in the Road Traffic Code 2000 regulation 3(1);

noise emissions from the propulsion system or the movement through the water of a vessel operating in water other than water on private premises;

noise emissions of any of the following kinds, but only if every reasonable and practicable measure has been taken to reduce the effect of the noise emission consistent with providing an audible warning to people —

noise emissions from a device for warning pedestrians installed at a pedestrian crossing on a road;

noise emissions from a device for warning of the passage of a train installed at a level crossing;

noise emissions from a safety warning device fitted to a building as a requirement of the Building Code as defined in the Building Regulations 2012 regulation 3;

noise emissions from an audible warning device installed at a mine for the purpose of giving a blast warning referred to in the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 to warn of a public nuisance or danger.

noise emissions from —

a reversing alarm fitted to a motor vehicle, mobile plant, or mining or earthmoving equipment; or

a startup or movement alarm fitted to plant,

it is a requirement under another written law that such an alarm be fitted; and

it is not practicable to fit an alarm that complies with the written law under which it is required to be fitted and emits noise that complies with these regulations;

noise emissions from an engine, equipment, machinery or plant on a vessel while the vessel is in a port.

In subregulation (1)(i) —

a port as defined in the Port Authorities Act 1999 section 3(1); or

a port as defined in the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967 section 3.