{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/266",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“AL” means an action level set out in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 1;\n“designated area” means any area designated by Order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 and “within a designated area” includes over and under it;\n“direct biophysical effect” means an effect on human body tissue caused by its presence in an electromagnetic field;\n“electromagnetic field” means a static electric, static magnetic and time-varying electric, magnetic and electromagnetic field with a frequency of up to 300 GHz;\n“ELV” means an exposure limit value set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1;\n“employee at particular risk” means—\n(a) an employee who has declared to his or her employer a condition which may lead to a higher susceptibility to the potential effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields; or\n(b) an employee who works in close proximity to electro-explosive devices, explosive materials or flammable atmospheres;\n“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;\n“health effect” means a direct biophysical effect which is potentially harmful to human health;\n“indirect effect” means an effect, caused by the presence of an object or a substance in an electromagnetic field, which may present a safety or health hazard;\n“sensory effect” means a direct biophysical effect involving a transient disturbance in sensory perception or a minor and temporary change in brain function; and\n“territorial sea” means the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Northern Ireland and “within the territorial sea” includes on, over and under it.\n(2) In these Regulations a reference to employees is, in relation to an employer, to be treated as a reference to the employees of that employer while they are at work.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 29; section 1 was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (1982 c. 23), Schedule 3, paragraph 1 and by the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), section 103"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/266/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:55:49.544396+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."
}