{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1701",
  "legislation_title": "The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "Any person who—\n(a) contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 7(1); or\n(b) fails to retain a copy of the declaration of conformity as required by regulation 7(4); ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nshall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 18(a) inserted (N.I.) (29.11.2025) by The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/407), regs. 1(3), 2(4)(a); and (E.W.S.) (13.4.2026) by The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment and Transitional) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1073), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 18(c) and word omitted (N.I.) (29.11.2025) by virtue of The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/407), regs. 1(3), 2(4)(b); and (E.W.S.) (13.4.2026) by virtue of The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment and Transitional) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1073), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1701/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:49:33.077507+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."
}