{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-at-work-regulations-1989/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-at-work-regulations-1989/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Ear protection",
  "text": "(1) Every employer shall ensure, so far as is practicable, that when any of his employees is likely to be exposed to the first action level or above in circumstances where the daily personal noise exposure of that employee is likely to be less than 90 dB(A), that employee is provided, at his request, with suitable and efficient personal ear protectors.\n(2) Every employer shall ensure, so far as is practicable, that 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, that employee is provided with suitable personal ear protectors which, when properly worn, can reasonably be expected to keep the risk of damage to that employee’s hearing to below that arising from exposure to the second action level or, as the case may be, to the peak action level.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2966",
      "affecting_title": "The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1790/regulation/8",
    "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."
}