11 Power of district and islands councils to control noise in the countryside. S
After section 56 of the Act of 1967 there shall be added the following section—
“56A Control of engine noise in quiet areas.
(1)For the purpose of preventing disturbance by the engine noise of vehicles and aircraft to the enjoyment by the public of quiet areas of the countryside, district and islands councils shall, subject to the following provisions of this section, have power by byelaws to control—
(a)the use on land or waterways of vehicles (including hovercraft and boats); and
(b)the landing and taking off of aircraft.
(2)Byelaws made under subsection (1) above shall not apply to the use of such vehicles or aircraft by—
(a)emergency services;
(b)statutory undertakers; or
(c)owners, occupiers or tenants of the land, or owners of an interest in the land, on which the disturbance occurs, provided that the use involved is for agriculture, forestry, the maintenance of the land or for the exercise of sporting rights.
(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to the Crown.
(4)In this section—
(a)“aircraft” includes model aircraft.
(b)“vehicles” includes model vehicles.”
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 11 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.