http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1049/article/38/2006-07-01Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2021-09-292006-07-01 PART IIINOISESummary proceedings to deal with noiseSummary proceedings by district councils381Where a district council is satisfied that noise amounting to a nuisance exists, or is likely to occur or recur, in the district of the council, the council shall serve a notice imposing all or any of the following requirements—arequiring the abatement of the nuisance or prohibiting or restricting its occurrence or recurrence;brequiring the execution of such works, and the taking of such other steps, as may be necessary for the purpose of the notice or as may be specified in the notice;and the notice shall specify the time or times within which the requirements of the notice are to be complied with but a district council shall not, without the consent of the Department of the Environment, serve any such notice in respect of noise if proceedings in respect thereof might be initiated under regulations under Article 4 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002..2The notice shall be served on the person responsible for the nuisance or, if that person cannot be found or the nuisance has not yet occurred, on the owner or occupier of the premises from which the noise is or would be emitted.3The person served with the notice may appeal against the notice to a court of summary jurisdiction within twenty-one days from service of the notice.4If a person on whom a notice is served under this Article without reasonable excuse contravenes any requirement of the notice, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Part.5In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (4) in respect of noise caused in the course of a trade or business, it shall be a defence to prove that the best practicable means have been used for preventing, or for counteracting the effect of, the noise.6In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (4) of contravening requirements imposed under paragraph (1) it shall be a defence to prove—athat the alleged offence was covered by a notice served under Article 40 or a consent given under Article 41 or 45; orbwhere the alleged offence was committed at a time when the premises were subject to a notice under Article 46, that the level of noise emanating from the premises at that time was not such as to constitute a contravention of the notice under Article 46; orcwhere the alleged offence was committed at a time when the premises were not subject to a notice under Article 46, and when a level fixed under Article 47 applied to the premises, that the level of noise emanating from the premises at that time did not exceed that level;and sub-paragraphs ( b) and ( c) apply whether or not the relevant notice was subject to appeal at the time when the offence was alleged to have been committed.7Where a nuisance which exists or has occurred within the district of a district council, or which has affected any part of that district, appears to the council to be wholly or partly caused by some act or default committed or taking place outside its district, the district council may act under this Article as if the act or default were wholly within that district, except that any appeal shall be heard by a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction where the act or default is alleged to have taken place.8If a district council is of opinion that proceedings for an offence under paragraph (4) would afford an inadequate remedy in the case of any noise which is a nuisance, it may take proceedings in the High Court for the purpose of securing the abatement, prohibition or restriction of the nuisance, and the proceedings shall be maintainable notwithstanding that the district council has suffered no damage from the nuisance; but in any proceedings taken under this paragraph it shall be a defence to prove that the noise was authorised by a notice under Article 40 or a consent under Article 41.SR 2003/46
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<Addition ChangeId="d29p849" CommentaryRef="c16838901"> but a district council shall not, without the consent of the Department of the Environment, serve any such notice in respect of noise if proceedings in respect thereof might be initiated under regulations under Article 4 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002.</Addition>
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