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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-vibration-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/397",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-vibration-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“daily exposure” means the quantity of mechanical vibration to which a worker is exposed during a working day, normalised to an 8-hour reference period, which takes account of the magnitude and duration of the vibration;\n“emergency services” include—\n(a) police, fire, rescue and ambulance services;\n(b) Her Majesty’s Coastguard;\n“enforcing authority” means the Executive or district council, determined in accordance with the provisions of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999;\n“exposure action value” means the level of daily exposure set out in regulation 4 for any worker which, if reached or exceeded, requires specified action to be taken to reduce risk;\n“exposure limit value” means the level of daily exposure set out in regulation 4 for any worker which must not be exceeded, save as set out in regulation 6(5);\n“hand-arm vibration” means mechanical vibration which is transmitted into the hands and arms during a work activity;\n“health surveillance” means assessment of the state of health of an employee, as related to exposure to vibration;\n“mechanical vibration” means vibration occurring in a piece of machinery or equipment or in a vehicle as a result of its operation;\n“risk assessment” means the assessment of risk required by regulation 5;\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“whole-body vibration” means mechanical vibration which is transmitted into the body, when seated or standing, through the supporting surface, during a work activity or as described in regulation 5(3)(f); and\n“working day” means a daily working period, irrespective of the time of day when it begins or ends, and whether it begins or ends on the same calendar day.\n(2) In these regulations, a reference to an employee being exposed to vibration is a reference to the exposure of that employee to mechanical vibration arising out of or in connection with his work.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 90 as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 375 and S.R. 2003 No. 33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/397/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:50:53.822249+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."
}