Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
assigned level means a noise level determined
under regulation 8;
blasting means the use of explosive materials to
fracture —
(a)
rock, coal and other minerals for later recovery; or
(b)
structural components or other items to facilitate removal from a site or for
reuse;
caravan park or camping ground means a caravan
park or camping ground licensed or taken to be licensed under the
Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 ;
commercial premises means
premises —
(a)
referred to in Part B of Schedule 1; and
(b) that
are not premises, or part of premises, referred to in Part A of
Schedule 1;
industrial and utility premises means premises
referred to in Part A of Schedule 1;
L A Slow means the reading in decibels (dB)
obtained using the “A” frequency‑weighting characteristic
and the “S” time‑weighting characteristic as specified
in AS 1259.1‑1990 with sound level measuring equipment that complies
with the requirements of Schedule 4;
local government means a local government within
the meaning of the Local Government Act 1995 ;
measured , in relation to the measurement of a
noise emission, means measured and adjusted in accordance with these
regulations;
noise‑sensitive premises means
premises —
(a)
referred to in Part C of Schedule 1; and
(b) that
are not premises, or part of premises, referred to in Part A or Part B of
Schedule 1;
public holiday , in relation to premises or a
public place in any area means a public holiday under the
Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 in that area or throughout the State;
representative assessment period means a period of
time of not less than 15 minutes, and not exceeding 4 hours, determined
by an inspector or authorised person to be appropriate for the assessment of a
noise emission, having regard to the type and nature of the noise emission;
rural premises means premises used primarily for
pastoral or agricultural purposes on land classified or zoned agricultural or
rural use, or for rural lifestyle living, under a town planning scheme
prepared or adopted under the Town Planning and Development Act 1928 .
(2) In these
regulations —
(a) AS
or AS/NZS followed by a designation is a reference to an Australian Standard
having that designation that is published by the Standards Association of
Australia 2 as amended from time to time, and includes a reference to an
Australian Standard made in substitution for the standard specified in the
regulation;
(b) ADR
followed by a designation is a reference to an Australian Design Rule having
that designation as amended from time to time and includes a reference to an
Australian Design Rule made in substitution for the rule specified in the
regulation; and
(c) a
reference to an IEC Standards Publication followed by a designation is a
reference to an International Electrotechnical Commission publication having
that designation as amended from time to time and includes a reference to an
International Electrotechnical Commission Standards Publication made in
substitution for the publication specified in the regulation.