The Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 1996

Nature and extent of work to be undertaken

12.—(1) Insulation work carried out pursuant to these Regulations shall be in accordance with the relevant specifications.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, there shall not be carried out, nor shall a grant be made in respect of the cost of carrying out, insulation work in or to an eligible room in which there is installed any flueless combustion appliance unless there will be, after completion of the insulation work, in accordance with the relevant specifications, a door or window to the outside capable of being opened.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, no insulation work which requires the grant of planning permission (within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1)) or listed building consent (within the meaning of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990(2)) shall be carried out without such permission or consent, as the case may be, having first been obtained.

(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall require a responsible authority to carry out work, or to make a grant in respect of the carrying out of work, required—

(a) to remedy a defect in a building; or

(b) to maintain or repair any equipment or apparatus installed in or on any building pursuant to these Regulations.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, “flueless combustion appliance” means a combustion appliance which discharges combustion products into the room in which the appliance is situated.

(1)

1990 c. 8.

(2)

1990 c. 9.