
1 
This Order may be cited as the Control of Noise (Code of Practice for Construction and Open Sites) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 28th October 1987.
2 
The Code of Practice for noise control applicable to piling operations published by the British Standards Institution numbered BS 5228: Part 4: 1986 which came into effect on 31st January 1986 (and which is concerned amongst other things with the carrying out of works to which section 60 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 applies) is approved as being suitable for giving guidance on appropriate methods of minimising noise.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
22nd September 1987Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
22nd September 1987Malcolm Rifkind
Secretary of State for Scotland
25th September 1987