Schedule 2 Part 2 – Soundscapes.National soundscapes strategy
126.Prior to the passage of this Act, there was no duty on Welsh Ministers to publish a national strategy on soundscapes. However, the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006 provide that Welsh Ministers must make and adopt strategic noise maps and must draw up noise action plans, and prescribes what they must contain. The provisions in this Act place a duty on Welsh Ministers to prepare and publish a national strategy on soundscapes which can incorporate the strategic noise maps and noise actions plans required under regulations 7 and 17 of the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006.