# The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001, Paragraph 24: Grass trimmer/grass edge trimmer


A combustion-engine driven portable hand-held unit fitted with flexible line(s), string(s), or similar non-metallic flexible cutting elements, such as pivoting cutters, intended to cut weeds, grass or similar soft vegetation. The cutting device operates in a plane approximately parallel (grass trimmer) or perpendicular (grass edge trimmer) to the ground.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1701/schedule/4/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-24
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