This act establishes a policy for the preservation and management of the acoustic environment, intended as a “the part of the environment of a place characterised by the noise that may be experienced there” (sect. 4). The purpose of this regulation is to pursue ecologically sustainable development, as requested by the Environmental Protection Act 1994, in relation to the acoustic environment (sect. 8). To achieve this purpose, the policy (a) identifies environmental values to be enhanced or prot