Environmental Noise (Identification of Noise Sources) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 2458 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2007 No. 2458 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND The Environmental Noise (Identification of Noise Sources) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 Made - - - - 20th August 2007 Laid before Parliament 23rd August 2007 Coming into force - - 20th September 2007 The Secretary of State is designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to measures relating to the assessment, management and control of environmental noise. The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section. Citation, commencement and application 1. These Regulations— (a) may be cited as the Environmental Noise (Identification of Noise Sources) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007; (b) come into force on 20th September 2007; (c) apply in England. Amendment of the Environmental Noise (Identification of Noise Sources) (England) Regulations 2007 2. The table in Schedule 4 to the Environmental Noise (Identification of Noise Sources) (England) Regulations 2007(c) is amended as follows— (a) omit the fifth entry (Gloucestershire, EGBJ); (b) omit the eighth entry (London Biggin Hill, EGKB); (c) omit the seventeenth entry (Shoreham, EGKA). (a) S.I. 2004/706. (b) 1972 c.68. (c) S.I. 2007/415. Phil Woolas Minister of State 20th August 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend Schedule 4 to the Environmental Noise (Identification of Noise Sources) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/415). Schedule 4 lists the major airports for the purposes of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3228) which implement 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 (O.J. No. L 189, 18.07.2002 p. 12. Regulation 2 of these Regulations removes three airports (Gloucestershire, London Biggin Hill and Shoreham) from the table in Schedule 4. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. £3.00 Crown copyright 2007 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. E1269 8/2007 171269T 19585