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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-noise-at-work-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1643",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-noise-at-work-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the work is such that the daily exposure consists of two or more periods with different sound levels, the daily personal noise exposure level (LEP,d) for the combination of periods is ascertained using the formula:\nwhere—\nn is the number of individual periods in the working day;\nT i is the duration of period i;\n(LAeq,T)i is the equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level that represents the sound the person is exposed to during period i; and\nis equal to Te, the duration of the person's working day, in seconds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1643/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:57:25.225793+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."
}