The Act Commentary on Sections Part 7: Noise Section 83 Noise offences: use of fixed penalty receipts
219.Section 83 amends section 9 of the Noise Act 1996, which contains provisions dealing with the use by local authorities of receipts from fixed penalty notices given under section 8 of that Act.
220.The amendments made by subsection (2) include in the list of qualifying functions for which a local authority can use those receipts its new functions relating to intruder alarms under Chapter 1 of Part 7 and its functions in relation to noise statutory nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
221.Subsection (3) makes similar provision to that made by section 8 (subsection (8)) as described in paragraph 44 above.