Citation and Commencement

This Technical Memorandum is issued pursuant to section 9 of the Noise Control Ordinance and may be cited as the Technical Memorandum on Noise from Construction Work other than Percussive Piling. This Technical Memorandum shall replace the existing one that was originally published under section 11(1) of the Noise Control Ordinance in Special Supplement No.5 to Gazette Extraordinary No.38 Vol. CXXX on 7 November 1988 and came into operation on 7 December 1988. This Technical Memorandum shall come into operation in accordance with section 12 of the Noise Control Ordinance.

Application and Scope

This Technical Memorandum details the procedures that should generally be adopted by the Authority:

for the assessment of noise from construction work other than percussive piling;

for the issuing of Construction Noise Permits for construction work other than percussive piling pursuant to section 8 of the Ordinance; and

for determining whether or not any such Construction Noise Permit is being complied with.

Interpretation

In this Technical Memorandum, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply:

Standard acoustical terminology is used throughout this Technical Memorandum. Other terms are as defined in the Ordinance or in the text of this Technical Memorandum.