
1987 No. 1730
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES 
PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND
The Control of Noise (Code of Practice for Construction and Open Sites) Order 1987
Made 25th September 1987
Laid before Parliament 7th October 1987
Coming into force 28th October 1987
The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of the power conferred by sections 71 and 104(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
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.
Approval of Code of Practice
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