{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-9/part-I/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-9/part-I/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/454",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "schedule/9/part/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations a vehicle meets the requirements of an item in the Table below if its sound level does not exceed by more than 1dB(A) the relevant limit specified in column 2 in that item when measured under the conditions specified in column 3 in that item by the method specified in column 4 in that item using the apparatus prescribed in regulation 66(7).\n(2) In this Part of the Schedule, “moped” has the same meaning as in regulation 69.\nTABLE\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nLimits of sound level\nItem\nMopeds\nVehicles other than mopeds\nConditions of measurement\nMethods of measurement\n1.\n73dB(A)\nLimit determined in accordance with paragraph 2.1.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015 by reference to the cubic capacity of the vehicle\nConditions specified in paragraph 2.1.3 to Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015\nMethods specified in paragraph 2.1.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015\n2.\n73dB(A)\nFirst stage limit determined in accordance with paragraph 2.1.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56 by reference to the cubic capacity of the vehicle\nConditions specified in paragraph 2.1.3 to Annex I to Community Directive 87/56\nMethods specified in paragraph 2.1.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56\n3.\n74dB(A)\nThe limit specified in item 2 plus 1dB(A)\nAs in item 2\nAs in item 2",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/9/part/I/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:32.000361+00:00"
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  "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."
}