{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lawnmowers-harmonization-of-noise-emission-standards-regulations-1992/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lawnmowers-harmonization-of-noise-emission-standards-regulations-1992/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/168",
  "legislation_title": "The Lawnmowers (Harmonization of Noise Emission Standards) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lawnmowers-harmonization-of-noise-emission-standards-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibition on supply",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the exception in paragraph (2) of this regulation, no person shall supply any lawnmower to which these Regulations apply unless—\n(a) the sound power level does not exceed the permissible sound power level for that lawnmower and, in the case of a wide lawnmower, the sound pressure level does not exceed the permissible sound pressure level;\n(b) it is accompanied by a certificate of conformity (which may be reproduced on the directions for use or on the guarantee certificate accompanying that lawnmower); and\n(c) prior to such supply, there has been placed on that lawnmower in aclearly visible and durable fashion either directly or on a plate (suchas a riveted or self adhesive plate)—\n(i) a mark or marks which identify the manufacturer of the lawnmower and describe the type of lawnmower;\n(ii) except in the case of a narrow lawnmower, an EEC sound power level mark; and\n(iii) in the case of a wide lawnmower, an EEC sound pressure level mark.\n(2) This regulation does not apply to the supply by any person of a lawnmower which has, prior to such supply, been taken into service in the Community.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/168/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:30:19.442341+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."
}