### Noise Control (General) Regulations 《噪音管制(一般)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Noise Control (General) Regulations.

2. Completion of forms under regulations 3 and 4
A form prescribed under regulations 3 and 4 shall be—
(a) completed legibly by the person submitting the form; and
(b) signed—
(i) where the person submitting the form is an individual acting on his own behalf or as a partner on behalf of a partnership, by that individual; or
(ii) where the person submitting the form is a body corporate, by an individual authorized in that behalf by that body corporate.

3. Application for construction noise permit for construction work other than percussive piling
(1) An application under section 8(2) of the Ordinance for a construction noise permit for either or both of the following—
(a) the use of powered mechanical equipment for the purpose of carrying out construction work other than percussive piling between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., or at any time on a general holiday;
(b) the carrying out of prescribed construction work at any place within a designated area between such hours, or at any such time,
shall be—
(i) in Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(ii) submitted to the Authority together with the fee prescribed by regulation 8(1) not earlier than 6 months prior to the date specified in the application for commencement of the construction work unless the Authority agrees to accept submission of the application at an earlier time.
(2) In this regulation and the Schedule, prescribed construction work (訂明建築工程) means the construction work prescribed by the Noise Control (Construction Work) Regulation (Cap. 400 sub. leg. G) for the purposes of section 6(2) of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 28 of 1996)

4. Application for construction noise permit for percussive piling
An application under section 8(2) of the Ordinance for a construction noise permit for the purpose of carrying out percussive piling between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on any day, not being a general holiday, shall be—
(a) in Form 2 in the Schedule; and
(b) submitted to the Authority together with the fee prescribed in regulation 8 not earlier than 9 months prior to the date specified in the application for the commencement of the percussive piling unless the Authority agrees to accept submission of the application at an earlier time.

5. Form of construction noise permit
A construction noise permit issued—
(a) in respect of an application referred to in regulation 3, shall be in Form 3 in the Schedule; and
(b) in respect of an application referred to in regulation 4, shall be in Form 4 in the Schedule.

### Noise Control (General) Regulations 《噪音管制(一般)規例》

6. Form of noise abatement notice
A noise abatement notice served under section 13(1) of the Ordinance shall be in Form 5 in the Schedule.

7. Form of notice cancelling a noise abatement notice or varying any requirement therein
A notice served under section 13(4) of the Ordinance—
(a) cancelling a noise abatement notice shall be in Form 6 in the Schedule;
(b) varying any requirement in a noise abatement notice shall be in Form 7 in the Schedule.

7A. Form of notice requiring a product to be measured, inspected or tested
A notice served under section 16(1) of the Ordinance shall be in Form 8 in the Schedule.
(L.N. 425 of 1991)

7B. Form of notice cancelling a notice requiring a product to be measured, inspected or tested, or varying any requirement therein
A notice served under section 16(3) of the Ordinance—
(a) cancelling a notice requiring a product to be measured, inspected or tested shall be in Form 9 in the Schedule;
(b) varying any requirement in a notice requiring a product to be measured, inspected or tested shall be in Form 10 in the Schedule.
(L.N. 425 of 1991)

8. Fees payable on application for a construction noise permit
(1) The fee payable on application for a construction noise permit referred to in regulation 3 shall be $2,610.
(2) The fee payable on application for a construction noise permit referred to in regulation 4 shall be $1,980.
(L.N. 261 of 1994; L.N. 496 of 1996; L.N. 581 of 1997; L.N. 307 of 2000; L.N. 183 of 2005; L.N. 100 of 2008; L.N. 42 of 2016) 

### Noise Control Ordinance 《噪音管制條例》

1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Noise Control Ordinance.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette and notices under this section may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Ordinance.

### Noise Control Ordinance 《噪音管制條例》

3. Appointment of Noise Control Authority
(1) The Governor shall appoint a public officer to be the Noise Control Authority for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) An appointment under subsection (1) shall be notified in the Gazette.
(3) The Authority may authorize in writing any public officer to perform or exercise all or any of the functions which are imposed or conferred on the Authority by this Ordinance.

4. Noise at night or on a general holiday
(1) Any person who between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., or at any time on a general holiday in any domestic premises or public place makes or causes to be made any noise which is a source of annoyance to any person commits an offence.
(2) Any person being the owner, tenant, occupier or person in charge of any domestic premises who between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., or at any time on a general holiday knowingly permits or suffers noise which is a source of annoyance to any person to emanate from those domestic premises commits an offence.
(3) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable to a fine at level 3. (Amended 2 of 1994 s. 9; E.R. 2 of 2021)

5. Noise at any time
(1) Any person who at any time in any domestic premises or public place—
(a) plays or operates any musical or other instrument, including any record or cassette player or radio or television apparatus;
(b) uses any loud-speaker, megaphone, or other device or instrument for magnifying sound;
(c) plays any game or engages in any pastime; or
(d) carries on a trade or business,
the noise of which is a source of annoyance to any person commits an offence.
(2) Any person who at any time in any domestic premises operates, or causes or permits to be operated, any air-conditioning or ventilating system or part thereof, the noise of which is a source of annoyance to any person commits an offence.
(3) Any person who at any time in any domestic premises or public place keeps any animal or bird that makes any noise which is a source of annoyance to any person commits an offence.
(4) Any person who at any time in or near any public place, for the purpose of attracting attention to his goods, wares or trade, makes any noise which is a source of annoyance to any person commits an offence.
(5) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable to a fine at level 3. (Amended 2 of 1994 s. 9; E.R. 2 of 2021)

### Noise Control Ordinance 《噪音管制條例》

5A. Exemptions from sections 4 and 5
Nothing in sections 4 and 5 shall apply to noise caused by —
(a) a tram;
(b) a vehicle of the North-west Railway within the meaning of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372); or
(c) any other vehicle travelling in a public place, whether or not mechanically propelled, which is constructed or adapted for use on roads.
(Added 6 of 1992 s. 2)