(1)The authorised undertaker shall employ all reasonably practicable means to ensure that—
(a)the authorised works are carried out in accordance with the code of construction practice as approved by the local planning authority for each area in which the authorised works are located and from time to time amended or replaced in accordance with schedule 9; and
(b)the noise and vibration policy, as from time to time amended or replaced, is applied to the use and operation of the authorised works.
(2)Neither the code of construction practice nor the noise and vibration policy shall be amended or replaced so as to reduce the standards of mitigation and protection provided for in the versions being amended or replaced.
(3)Schedule 9 has effect in relation to the approval, amendment and replacement of the code of construction practice.
(4)In this section “noise and vibration policy” means the “Policy Paper on behalf of the Promoter in respect of Noise and Vibration” dated 7 November 2006, a copy of which has been lodged with the Clerk of the Parliament to be held with the accompanying documents relating to the Bill for this Act.