{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-2016/schedule/part-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-2016/schedule/part-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/588",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/part/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“contact current (IC)” is the current created when a person comes into contact with an object in an electromagnetic field, expressed in ampères (A);\n“external electric field strength (E)” is a vector quantity corresponding to the force exerted on a charged particle in the environment, irrespective of its motion in space, expressed in volts per metre (Vm-1);\n“internal electric field strength (E)” is a vector quantity corresponding to the force exerted on a charged particle inside the human body, irrespective of its motion in space, expressed in volts per metre (Vm-1);\n“limb current (IL)” is the current induced in the limbs of a person exposed to electromagnetic fields in the frequency range from 10 MHz to 110 MHz, expressed in ampères (A);\n“magnetic flux density (B)” is a vector quantity resulting in a force that acts on moving charges, expressed in tesla (T);\n“power density (S)” is the radiant power incident perpendicular to a surface, divided by the area of the surface, expressed in watts per square metre (Wm-2);\n“specific energy absorption (SA)” is the energy absorbed per unit mass of biological tissue, expressed in joules per kilogram (Jkg-1);\n“specific energy absorption rate (SAR)” is the rate at which energy is absorbed per unit mass of body tissue, expressed in watts per kilogram (Wkg-1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.7.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/588/schedule/part/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:24.357811+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}