# The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001, Paragraph 5: Building site circular saw bench


A hand-fed machine weighing less than 200 kg fitted with a single circular sawblade (other than a scoring saw) with a diameter of 350 mm or more, up to a maximum diameter of 500 mm, which is fixed during the normal cutting operation, and a horizontal table, all or part of which is fixed during operation. The sawblade is mounted on a horizontal non-tilting spindle, the position of which remains stationary during machining. The machine may have any of the following features:
— the facility for the sawblade to be raised and lowered through the table
— machine frame below the table may be open or enclosed
— the saw may be fitted with an additional, manually operated travelling table (not adjacent to the sawblade).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1701/schedule/4/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-5
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