Regulation 18 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulations are substituted:

18.     Operation of chainsaws

(1)  In this regulation –

approved means approved in accordance with any one or more of the following:

(a) a permit issued and in force under Part 4 of these regulations;

(b) a permit issued and in force under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 for a level 1 activity or level 2 activity;

(c) an environment protection notice issued, or caused to be issued, by the Director under section 27 or 44 of the Act;

(d) an environment protection notice issued by a council officer under section 44 of the Act;

(e) an emergency authorization.

(2)  A person on premises, other than residential premises, must not operate a chainsaw powered by an internal combustion engine within 300 metres of residential premises unless –

(a) the operation of the chainsaw is approved; or

(b) the chainsaw is operated by or with the consent of the occupier of the residential premises; or

(c) the occupier of the residential premises owns the premises on which the chainsaw is being operated.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

(3)  A person on residential premises must not operate a chainsaw powered by an internal combustion engine within 300 metres of other residential premises unless –

(a) the chainsaw is operated for the purpose of domestic garden maintenance on only one day in any 7 consecutive days and at a time within any of the following periods:

(i) Monday to Friday (inclusive), from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m.;

(ii) Saturday, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.;

(iii) Sundays and statutory holidays as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 , from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.; or

(b) the operation of the chainsaw is approved; or

(c) the chainsaw is operated by or with the consent of the occupier of the other residential premises; or

(d) the occupier of the other residential premises owns the residential premises on which the chainsaw is being operated.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

18A.     Operation of vehicle security alarms

(1)  A person must not cause or permit a vehicle security alarm installed in the motor vehicle to emit noise continuously –

(a) for more than 90 seconds after the alarm begins to emit the noise, if the motor vehicle was manufactured before 1 September 1997; or

(b) for more than 45 seconds after the alarm begins to emit the noise, if the motor vehicle was manufactured on or after 1 September 1997.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

(2)  A person must not cause or permit a vehicle security alarm installed in a motor vehicle to emit noise while the engine of the motor vehicle is running or the ignition of the motor vehicle is turned on.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

(3)  For the purpose of this regulation –

(a) a person is taken to cause or permit a vehicle security alarm installed in a motor vehicle to emit noise if –

(i) the person is in the motor vehicle while the vehicle security alarm is turned on and the alarm emits noise; or

(ii) the person leaves the motor vehicle unattended while the vehicle security alarm is turned on and the alarm subsequently emits noise; and

(b) a vehicle security alarm that emits noise intermittently is taken to emit the noise continuously from the first emission of the noise from the alarm on a day until the last emission of the noise from the alarm on that day.

(4)  This regulation does not apply to an emission of noise from a vehicle security alarm installed in a motor vehicle if the alarm emits the noise –

(a) in an emergency; or

(b) as a consequence of an intrusion into, or interference with, a motor vehicle; or

(c) as a consequence of a motor vehicle accident involving the vehicle.

18B.     Operation of intruder alarm systems

(1)  An occupier of premises or, if there is no occupier, an owner of the premises, must not permit an intruder alarm system that is installed in the premises to emit noise continuously for more than 5 minutes after the alarm system first emits the noise.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

(2)  For the purpose of this regulation, an intruder alarm system that emits noise intermittently is taken to emit the noise continuously from the first emission of the noise by the system on a day until the last emission of the noise on that day.

(3)  This regulation does not apply to the emission of noise by an intruder alarm system, installed in premises, if the noise is emitted because of –

(a) an emergency; or

(b) an entry, or attempted entry, to the premises by an intruder.