Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019
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Interpretation | ||
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2. (1) In this Act— | ||
“Act of 2000” means the Planning and Development Act 2000 ; | ||
“Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act 2001 ; | ||
“Aircraft Noise Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 598/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 20141 on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports within a Balanced Approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC; | ||
“airport” means Dublin Airport and includes, as appropriate, the area around the airport significantly affected by aircraft noise; | ||
“airport authority” means daa, public limited company; | ||
“airport user” means a person responsible for the carriage of passengers, mail or freight by air to or from the airport; | ||
“appeal body” shall be construed in accordance with section 10 (1); | ||
“Board” means An Bord Pleanála; | ||
“competent authority” shall be construed in accordance with section 3 ; | ||
“Environmental Noise Directive” means Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 20022 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 20083 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny and Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 20154 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; | ||
“FCC” means Fingal County Council; | ||
“introduce” includes implement; | ||
“local financial year” means local financial year with the meaning of section 96 of the Act of 2001; | ||
“measure” includes a restriction; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport; | ||
“national newspaper” means a newspaper published and circulating generally in the State; | ||
“noise” means aircraft noise; | ||
“noise abatement objective” means the noise abatement objective for the airport; | ||
“noise mitigation measure” means a noise mitigation measure in place at the airport but does not include an operating restriction; | ||
“operating restriction” means an operating restriction in place at the airport; | ||
“specified”, in relation to a form, means specified under section 28 . | ||
(2) A word or expression that is used in this Act and is also used in— | ||
(a) the Aircraft Noise Regulation, or | ||
(b) the Environmental Noise Directive, | ||
has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in this Act as it has in that Regulation or Directive, as the case may be. | ||
(3) (a) A reference in this Act or in any regulations made under this Act to a period specified in a notice or direction given under this Act or in such regulations means a period reasonable in all the circumstances of the case. | ||
(b) Where calculating any appropriate period or other time limit referred to in this Act or in any regulations made under this Act, the period between the 24th of December and the 1st of January, both days inclusive, shall be disregarded. | ||
1 OJ No. L 173, 12.6.2014, p.65 2 OJ No. L 189, 18.7.2002, p.12 |