Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NOISE) POLICY 2019 - REG 9

9 Management intent for noise

(1) This section states the management intent for an activity involving noise that affects, or may affect, an environmental value to be enhanced or protected under this policy.

Note—

See section 35 of the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 .

(2) To the extent it is reasonable to do so, noise must be dealt with in a way that ensures—

(a) the noise does not have any adverse effect, or potential adverse effect, on an environmental value under this policy; and

(b) background creep in an area or place is prevented or minimised.

(3) Despite subsection (2) (b) , if the acoustic quality objectives for an area or place are not being achieved or maintained, the noise experienced in the area or place must, to the extent it is reasonable to do so, be dealt with in a way that progressively improves the acoustic environment of the area or place.

(4) In this section—

"background creep" , for noise in an area or place, means a gradual increase in the total amount of background noise in the area or place as measured under the document called the ‘Noise measurement manual’ published on the department’s website.