http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/notes/division/5/9/11Transport planningEconomic developmentReferendumsMayoral electionsPublic fundingExplanatory Notes to Greater London Authority Act 1999Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions King's Printer of Acts of Parliament2018-08-30 <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/29" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1999" Number="0029">Greater London Authority Act 1999</Citation> 29 11th November 1999 Commentary on SectionsPart Ix: Environmental Functions <CitationSubRef id="c01293" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/29/section/370" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-370">Section 370</CitationSubRef>: The ambient noise strategy 562 The Government will be undertaking projects in 1999-2001 to assess the ambient noise climate in England and Wales and to gauge public attitudes to environmental noise. The results will be compared to baselines developed in 1990 and 1991. Over the same period, Government-funded research will investigate links between environmental noise and health. 563 Section 370 of the Act provides that the Mayor will be required to produce a London ambient noise strategy. The strategy will contain information about ambient noise levels in Greater London and an assessment of the impact of the Mayor's other strategies on them. There will be a summary of the action the Mayor has taken or proposes to take for the purpose of promoting measures to reduce ambient noise levels in Greater London, and the impact of such levels of those living and working in London. 564 “Ambient noise” is defined as noise related to transport, and noise of other descriptions which the Mayor considers it appropriate to include within the strategy. The strategy will not, generally, include noise which may be controlled by a local authority, but the Mayor will be able to include noise from fixed industrial sources within the strategy where considered appropriate. 565 The London ambient noise strategy is a strategy for the purposes of sections 41 to 44 of the Act.
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