Section 16 — Resource Management Act 1991: Duty to avoid unreasonable noise

16 Duty to avoid unreasonable noise (1) Every occupier of land (including any premises and any coastal marine area), and every person carrying out an activity in, on, or under a water body or the coastal marine area, shall adopt the best practicable option to ensure that the emission of noise from that land or water does not exceed a reasonable level. (2) Subsection (1) does not limit the right of any local authority or consent authority to prescribe noise emission standards in plans made, or resource consents granted, for the purposes of any of sections 9 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 15A , and 15B . Subsection (1) was amended, as from 7 July 1993, by section 14 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65) by omitting the words “ the water covering ” . Subsection (2) was amended, as from 20 August 1998, by section 7 Resource Management Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 105) by substituting the expression “ 15, and 15A ” for the expression “ or 15 ” . See clause 2 Resource Management Amendment Act 1994 Commencement Order 1998 (SR 1998/209). Subsection (2) was amended, as from 20 August 1998, by section 7 Resource Management Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 104) by substituting the expression “ 15A, and 15B ” for the expression “ and 15A ” . See clause 2 Resource Management Amendment Act 1997 Commencement Order 1998 (SR 1998/210).