New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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(1) This condition applies if a cabinet is located in a road reserve in an area in which a relevant district plan or proposed district plan allows residential activities. The noise from the cabinet must not exceed—
(a) 50 dB LAeq (5 min) between 7 am and 10 pm:
(b) 40 dB LAeq (5 min) between the 10 pm referred to in paragraph (a) and the following 7 am:
(c) 65 dB LAFmax between the 10 pm referred to in paragraph (a) and the following 7 am.
(2) This condition applies if a cabinet is located in a road reserve in an area in which a relevant district plan or proposed district plan does not allow residential activities. The noise from the cabinet must not exceed—
(a) 60 dB LAeq (5 min) at any time:
(b) 65 dB LAFmax between 10 pm and the following 7 am.
(3) The noise from the cabinet must be measured and assessed at 1 of the following points:
(a) if the side of a building containing a habitable room is within 4 m of the closest boundary of the road reserve, the noise must be measured—
(i) at a point 1 m from the side of the building; or
(ii) at a point in the plane of the side of the building:
(b) in any other case, the noise must be measured at a point that is—
(i) at least 3 m from the cabinet; and
(ii) within the legal boundary of land next to the part of the road reserve where the cabinet is located.
(4) The noise from the cabinet must be measured in accordance with NZS 6801: 2008 Acoustics – Measurement of environmental sound, the measurement must be adjusted in accordance with NZS 6801: 2008 Acoustics – Measurement of environmental sound to a free field incident sound level, and the adjusted measurement must be assessed in accordance with NZS 6802: 2008 Acoustics – Environmental noise.