{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-7A/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-7A/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1078",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/7A/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations a vehicle meets the requirements of an item in the Table below if its sound level does not exceed by more than 1 dB(A) the relevant limit specified in column 2 in that item when measured under the conditions specified in column 3 in that item by the method specified in column 4 in that item using the apparatus prescribed in regulation 55(6).\n(2) In this Part of this Schedule, “moped” has the same meaning as in regulation 57.\nTABLE\n1\n2\n3\n4\nLimits of sound level\nItem\nMopeds\nVehicles other than mopeds\nConditions of measurement\nMethods of measurement\n1\n73 dB(A)\nLimit determined in accordance with paragraph 2.1.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015 by reference to the cubic capacity of the vehicle\nConditions specified in paragraph 2.1.3 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015\nMethods specified in paragraph 2.1.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 78/1015\n2\n73 dB(A)\nFirst stage limit determined in accordance with paragraph 2.1.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56 by reference to the cubic capacity of the vehicle\nConditions specified in paragraph 2.1.3 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56\nMethods specified in paragraph 2.1.4 of Annex I to Community Directive 87/56\n3\n74 dB(A)\nThe limit specified in item 2 plus 1 dB(A)\nAs in item 2\nAs in item 2",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7A inserted (1.7.1994) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/14), regs. 1(1), 3(8), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/schedule/7A/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:46:09.046037+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."
}