{"id":26060,"date":"2025-02-01T21:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26060"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:54:30","slug":"guyana-to-amend-noise-nuisance-legislation-police-continue-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-to-amend-noise-nuisance-legislation-police-continue-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana to Amend Noise Nuisance Legislation, Police Continue Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick, NCN News \u2013 December 30, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, announced that the government will continue using existing laws to address noise nuisance in the country until new legislation is introduced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall acknowledged the persistent issue of loud music and disturbances, particularly from bars and entertainment venues, which frequently disrupt the peace of residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While residents have the right to enjoy music, Nandlall stressed that it should not infringe upon others\u2019 peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed frustration over the continued non-compliance and mentioned that his office regularly receives complaints through social media and other channels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, there is a plan to amend the laws governing noise nuisance to better address the concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the interim, penalties for noise nuisance remain in place under the Environmental Protection Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fines range from $300,000 to $750,000 with a potential one-year imprisonment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, under the Environmental Protection Regulations, fines range from $75,000 to $500,000 with a six-month prison sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall also indicated that the Guyana Police Force will resume operations to seize loud music equipment from vehicles, as part of a broader campaign to curb noise disruptions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has set residential noise limits at 75 decibels during the day and 60 decibels at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing enforcement and upcoming legislative changes aim to reduce the impact of noise nuisance across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick, NCN News \u2013 December 30, 2024 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, announced that the government will continue using existing laws to address noise&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26061,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26060\/revisions\/26061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}