{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/household-appliances-noise-emission-regulations-1990/schedule",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/household-appliances-noise-emission-regulations-1990/schedule.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/161",
  "legislation_title": "The Household Appliances (Noise Emission) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/household-appliances-noise-emission-regulations-1990",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "ARTICLE 6(1) OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 1ST DECEMBER 1986 ON AIRBORNE NOISE EMITTED BY HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES",
  "text": "(a) The general test method used to determine the airborne noise emitted by household appliances must be accurate enough for the measurement uncertainties to produce standard deviations not exceeding 2 dB in the case of A-weighted sound power levels.\nThe standard deviations referred to in the first subparagraph shall represent the cumulative effects of all causes of uncertainty in the measurements, except for variations in the noise level of the appliance from one test to another.\n(b) The general test method referred to in (a) shall be supplemented, for each family of appliances, by a description of the location, mounting, load and operation of the appliances under test conditions to simulate normal use and ensure adequate repeatability and reproducibility. The standard devation of reproducibility must be specified for each family of appliances.\nNOTE: “family of household appliances” is defined in Article 2 of the Directive to mean all models (or types) of various household appliances designed for the same purpose and powered by the same principal energy source. Generally, a family includes several models (or types).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/161/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:28:47.186975+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."
}