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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-at-work-regulations-1989/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-at-work-regulations-1989/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Reduction of noise exposure",
  "text": "Every employer shall, when any of his employees is likely to be exposed to the second action level or above or to the peak action level or above, reduce, so far as is reasonably practicable (other than by the provision of personal ear protectors), the exposure to noise of that employee.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}