Amendment of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 20062.

(1)

The Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2)

Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows—

(a)

in paragraph (2), for the definition of “Directive” substitute—

““the Directive” means Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2), insert—

“(3)

In these Regulations, any reference to Annex I or VI or paragraph 7 of Annex IV of the Directive is to be construed as a reference to that Annex or paragraph of the Directive as amended from time to time.”.

(3)

For paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 4 (strategic noise maps: general requirements), substitute—

“(b)

the supplementary noise indicators,”.