The Environmental Noise Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Duty to make, review and revise strategic noise maps: agglomerations

19.—(1) No later than 31 March 2007 the competent authority under regulation 7 shall—

(a) make a strategic noise map showing the situation in the preceding calendar year for all relevant first round agglomerations; and

(b) submit that map with input data and metadata to the Department.

(2) No later than 31 March 2012, and thereafter every five years, the competent authority under regulation 7 shall—

(a) make a strategic noise map showing the situation in the preceding calendar year for all relevant agglomerations; and

(b) submit that map with input data and metadata to the Department.

(3) No later than 31 March 2007 the competent authority under regulation 10 shall—

(a) make a strategic noise map showing the situation in the preceding calendar year for all relevant first round agglomerations; and

(b) submit that map with input data and metadata to the Department.

(4) No later than 31 March 2012, and thereafter every five years, the competent authority under regulation 10 shall—

(a) make a strategic noise map showing the situation in the preceding calendar year for all relevant agglomerations; and

(b) submit that map with input data and metadata to the Department.

(5) No later than 31 October 2006, and thereafter every five years, an airport operator shall—

(a) identify any airport to be mapped within any relevant first round agglomeration or any relevant agglomeration;

(b) act as the competent authority for that airport; and

(c) submit this data to the Department.

(6) No later than 31 March 2007 the competent authority under paragraph (5) shall—

(a) make a strategic noise map showing the situation in the preceding calendar year for all relevant first round agglomerations; and

(b) submit that map with input data and metadata to the Department.

(7) No later than 31 March 2012, and thereafter every five years, the competent authority under regulation 13 shall—

(a) make a strategic noise map showing the situation in the preceding calendar year for all relevant agglomerations; and

(b) submit that map with input data and metadata to the Department.

(8) Whenever a major development occurs affecting the existing noise situation, the competent authority under regulation 7, 10, 13,16 or paragraph (5) shall—

(a) review; and

(b) if necessary, revise;

any strategic noise map made pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (6) or (7) and adopted or approved pursuant to regulation 46.

(9) Any strategic noise map revised pursuant to paragraph (8)(b) shall be submitted with input data and metadata to the Department within three working days of its revision.