{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-at-work-regulations-1989/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-at-work-regulations-1989/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1790",
  "legislation_title": "The Noise at Work Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-at-work-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Assessment of exposure",
  "text": "(1) Every employer shall, when any of his employees is likely to be exposed to the first action level or above or to the peak action level or above, ensure that a competent person makes a noise assessment which is adequate for the purposes–\n(a) of identifying which of his employees are so exposed; and\n(b) of providing him with such information with regard to the noise to which those employees may be exposed as will facilitate compliance with his duties under regulations 7, 8, 9 and 11.\n(2) The noise assessment required by paragraph (1) shall be reviewed when–\n(a) there is reason to suspect that the assessment is no longer valid; or\n(b) there has been a significant change in the work to which the assessment relates;\nand, where as a result of the review changes in the assessment are required, those changes shall be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1790/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:36:40.193807+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."
}