Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 1695 (C. 70)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Noise Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997

Made
10th July 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 14(2) of the Noise Act 1996(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Noise Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997.

Provisions coming into force on 23rd July 1997

2.  The Noise Act 1996, so far as not already brought into force by the Noise Act 1996 (Commencement No.1) Order 1996(2), shall come into force on 23rd July 1997.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of the Environment
10th July 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 23rd July 1997 the provisions of the Noise Act 1996 (“the Act”) which relate to the summary procedure for dealing with noise at night and supplementary matters (including powers of entry and seizure).
All other provisions of the Act were brought into force on 19th September 1996 by the Noise Act 1996 (Commencement No.1) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2219).


(1)
1996 c. 37.

(2)
S.I. 1996/2219.