{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-3.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": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Builders’ hoist for the transport of goods",
  "text": "A power-operated, temporarily installed builders’ hoist intended for use by persons who are permitted to enter engineering and construction sites, serving:\n(i) defined landing levels, having a platform\n— designed for the transportation of goods only\n— which permits the access of persons during loading and unloading\n— which permits the access and travel by authorised persons during erection, dismantling and maintenance\n— guided\n— travelling vertical or along a path within 15 degrees maximum of the vertical\n— supported or sustained by: wire, rope, chain, screwed spindle and nut, rack and pinion, hydraulic jack (direct or indirect), or an expanding linkage mechanism\n— where masts may or may not require support from separate structures, or\n(ii) either one upper landing or a work area extending to the end of the guide (e.g. a roof), having a load-carrying device:\n— designed for the transportation of goods only\n— designed that there is no need to step on it for loading or unloading purposes or for maintenance, erection and dismantling\n— from which persons are prohibited at any time\n— guided\n— which is designed to travel at an angle of at least 30 degrees to the vertical but may be used at any angle\n— sustained by steel wire rope and a positive drive system\n— controlled by constant pressure type controls\n— which does not benefit from the use of any counterweight\n— having a maximum rated load of 300 kg\n— having a maximum speed of 1 m/s\n— and where the guides require support from separate structures.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1701/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}