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as to safety requirements and instructions for any prescribed class of
goods. No action was needed during the year.
NOISE ABATEMENT ACT. 1960.
This Act added "noise or vibration which is a nuisance" to the list
of Statutory Nuisances actionable by Part III of the Public Health Act
1936. It should be noted that in the case of noise or vibration caused
in the course of a trade or business that it is a defence to prove that
the best practicable means of preventing or counteracting noise or
vibration have been adopted. Also that not only may the Council take
action but that any three occupiers of premises may firstly make complaint,
as to a noise nuisance, to a justice of the peace, for action directly by
the Court.
Several observations have been made during the year and some
ameliorative measures taken on informal approaches being made.
In the absence of legal standards, it is difficult to decide particularly
on "border line" cases what is, or is not, a nuisance since so much
depends upon individual opinion.
The sound level meter gives some indication of comparable noise but
certain individuals axe more sensitive than others to noise.
PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS. 1928 AND 1956.
Thirty premises in the district were licensed for the storage of
petroleum spirit and petroleum mixtures, the same as last year.
One licencee increased his storage capacity by 1 ,000 gallons and one
licensed for 5 gallons of petroleum mixtures, gave up the premises at the
end of the year.
The process of testing the older installations, in line with the
requirements of the Licence Conditions, has continued, any defects being
remedied before a licence is renewed.
I am,
Yours obediently,
J.B. Wilson.
Chief Public Health Inspector.