Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) In this regulation:
"affected place", for noise being emitted from a place in the ACT, means a place (other than a road or road related area), whether inside or outside the ACT, where a person is affected by the noise.
(2) However, a parcel of land held under a territory lease is an affected place for noise emitted from the parcel only if the noise is emitted from a unit and the affected place is another unit on the same units plan.
(3) For subsection (1), a person is not affected by noise unless—
(a) the person complains about the noise to an authorised officer; and
(b) the noise level at the affected place exceeds the noise standard for the affected place.