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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-wrapper127",
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  "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": "schedule/3/paragraph/wrapper127",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Type of equipment\nNet installed power P (in kW)\nElectric power Pel in kW\nMass of appliance m in kg\nCutting width L in cm\nPermissible sound power level in dB/1 pW\nStage I as from 3 January 2002\nStage II as from 3 January 2006\na Pel for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer. Pel for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2.\nbFor the following types of equipment the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply for Stage II—\nWalk-behind vibrating rollers;\nVibratory plates (>3 kW);\nVibratory rammers;\nDozers (steel tracked);\nLoaders (steel tracked >55 kW);\nCombustion-engine driver counterbalanced lift trucks;\nCompacting screed paver-finishers; and\nHand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15< m<30).\ncFor single engine mobile cranes the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply until 3rd January 2008. After that date, Stage II figures shall apply.\nCompaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers)\nP ≤ £ 8\n108\n105\n8 < P ≤ £70\n109\n106\nP > 70\n89 + 11 1g P\n86 + 11 1g P\nTracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders\nP ≤ 55\n106\n103\nP > 55\n87 + 11 1g P\n84 + 11 1g P\nWheeled dozers,wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers),paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs\nP ≤ 55\n104\n101\nP > 55\n85 + 11 1g P\n82 + 11 1g P\nMobile cranes\nP ≤ 55\n104\n101\nP > 55\n85 + 11 1g P\n82 + 11 1g P 101\nExcavators, builders' hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes\nP ≤ 15\n96\n93\nP > 15\n83 + 11 1g P\n80 + 11 1g P\nHand-held concrete-breakers and picks\nm ≤ 15\n107\n105\n15< m < 30\n94 + 11 1g m\n92 + 11 1g m\nm ≥ 30\n96 + 11 1g m\n94 + 11 1g m\nTower cranes\n98 + 1g P\n96 + 1g P\nWelding and power generators\nPel ≤ 2\n97 + 1g Pel\n95 + 1g Pel\n2 < Pel ≤ 10\n98 + 1g Pel\n96 + 1g Pel\n10 > Pel\n97 + 1g Pel\n95 + 1g Pel\nCompressors\nP ≤ 15\n99\n97\nP > 15\n97 + 2 1g Pel\n95 + 2 1g Pel\nLawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers\nL ≤ 50\n96\n96\n50 < L ≤ 70\n100\n98\n70 < L ≤ 120\n100\n100\nL > 120\n105\n105\nThe permissible sound power level shall be rounded up or down to the nearest integer number (less than 0.5, use lower number; greater than or equal to 0.5, use higher number).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Table substituted (3.1.2006) by The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3525), regs. 1, 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "a Pel for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer. Pel for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "bFor the following types of equipment the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply for Stage II—Walk-behind vibrating rollers;Vibratory plates (>3 kW);Vibratory rammers;Dozers (steel tracked);Loaders (steel tracked >55 kW);Combustion-engine driver counterbalanced lift trucks;Compacting screed paver-finishers; andHand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15< m<30)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "cFor single engine mobile cranes the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply until 3rd January 2008. After that date, Stage II figures shall apply."
    }
  ],
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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."
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