“Babsy” Says Her Ministry Has Made Proposals on Changes to the Noise Abatement Act
Many people have been complaining about the
need to settle the Noise Abatement issues, and some have even suggested that
successive governments have been dragging their feet.
But, Minister of Culture, Gender,
Entertainment and Sport, Olivia “Babsy” Grange says those comments are
primarily due to a lack of understanding of the complexity of the process.
For
example, arriving at changes to the Noise Amendment Act which governs night
(and day) noises would have to go through, primarily, the Ministry of
Entertainment, as well as the Local Government authorities which are
responsible for town planning and the Ministry of National Security whose duty
it will become to enforce the regulations and finally to the Legislative
Committee of the Cabinet.
In
the meantime, the Minister says that she has already sent a brief containing
her ministry’s proposals to the Ministry of National Security for consideration
and presentation to the cabinet.
