Loudspeakers
7 Operation of loudspeakers in streets or roads.
1
Section 62 of the 1974 Act (noise in streets) shall be amended as follows.
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In subsection (1) (prohibition on the operation of loudspeakers between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. and of loudspeakers used for advertising at any other time) for “In this subsection” there shall be substituted “
In this section
”
.
3
After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
1A
Subject to subsection (1B) of this section, the Secretary of State may by order amend the times specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section.
1B
An order under subsection (1A) of this section shall not amend the times so as to permit the operation of a loudspeaker in a street at any time between the hours of nine in the evening and eight in the following morning.
4
In subsection (2) for “The preceding subsection” there shall be inserted “
Subsection (1) of this section
”
.
5
After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
3A
Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to the operation of a loudspeaker in accordance with a consent granted by a local authority under Schedule 2 to the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993.
6
In the application of this section to Scotland—
a
subsection (2) shall be omitted, and
b
in subsection (3) for “street” there shall be substituted “
road
”
.