Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989)RegulationsNoise Control5. Prohibition of noise nuisance |
No person shall-
| a) | cause a noise nuisance, or allow it to be caused, by operating or playing any radio, television set, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier, loudspeaker system or similar device producing, reproducing or amplifying sound; |
| b) | offer any article for sale by shouting or ringing a bell, or by allowing shouting or the ringing of a bell, in a manner which may cause a noise nuisance; |
| c) | allow an animal owned or controlled by him to cause a noise nuisance; |
| d) | build, repair, rebuild, modify, operate or test a vehicle, vessel or aircraft on residential premises, or allow it to be built, repaired, rebuilt, modified, operated or tested, if it may cause a noise nuisance; |
| e) | use or discharge any explosive, firearm or similar device which emits impulsive sound, or allow it to be used or discharged, if it may cause a noise nuisance, except with the prior consent in writing of the local authority concerned and subject to such conditions as the local authority may deem necessary; |
| f) | on a piece of land designated by a local authority by means of a notice on that piece of land and in the press in both official languages, or in the air-space above that piece of land-- |
| i) | move about on or in a recreational vehicle; |
| ii) | exercise control over a recreational vehicle; or |
| iii) | as owner or person in control of the piece of land concerned, allow that on that piece of land, or in the air-space above that piece of land- |
| aa) | is being moved about on or in a recreational vehicle; or |
| bb) | control is being exercised over a recreational vehicle, if it may cause a noise nuisance; |
| g) | except in an emergency, emit a sound, or allow a sound to be emitted, by means of a bell, carillon, siren, hooter, static alarm, whistle, loudspeaker or similar device, if it may cause a noise nuisance; |
| h) | operate any machinery, saw, sander, drill, grinder, lawnmower, power garden implement or similar device in a residential area, or allow it to be operated, if it may cause a noise nuisance; |
| i) | load, unload, open, shut or in any other way handle a crate, box, container, building material, rubbish container or similar article, or allow it to be loaded, unloaded, opened, shut or handled, if it may cause a noise nuisance; |
| j) | drive a vehicle on a public road in such a manner that it may cause a noise nuisance. |