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For Schedule 4 there shall be substituted—

“SCHEDULE 4

(Annex IV of the Machinery Directive)

Regulation 2(2)

1

Circular saws (single or multi-blade) for working with wood and analogous materials or for working with meat and analogous materials.

1.1

Sawing machines with fixed tool during operation, having a fixed bed with manual feed of the workpiece or with a demountable power feed.

1.2

Sawing machines with fixed tool during operation, having a manually operated reciprocating saw-bench or carriage.

1.3

Sawing machines with fixed tool during operation, having a built-in mechanical feed device for the workpieces, with manual loading and/or unloading.

1.4

Sawing machines with movable tool during operation, with a mechanical feed device and manual loading and/or unloading.

2

Hand-fed surface planing machines for woodworking.

3

Thicknessers for one-side dressing with manual loading and/or unloading for woodworking.

4

Band-saws with a fixed or mobile bed and band-saws with a mobile carriage, with manual loading and/or unloading, for working with wood and analogous materials or for working with meat and analogous materials.

5

Combined machines of the types referred to in 1 to 4 and 7 for working with wood and analogous materials.

6

Hand-fed tenoning machines with several tool holders for woodworking.

7

Hand-fed vertical spindle moulding machines for working with wood and analogous materials.

8

Portable chain saws for woodworking.

9

Presses, including press-brakes, for the cold working of metals, with manual loading and/or unloading, whose movable working parts may have a travel exceeding 6mm and a speed exceeding 30 mm/s.

10

Injection or compression plastics-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading.

11

Injection or compression rubber-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading.

12

Machinery for underground working of the following types:

  • machinery on rails: locomotives and brake-vans.

  • hydraulic-powered roof supports.

  • internal combustion engines to be fitted to machinery for underground working.

13

Manually-loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a compression mechanism.

14

Guards and detachable transmission shafts with universal joints as described in paragraph 3.4.7f1.

15

Vehicles servicing lifts.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

This is a reference to section 3.4.7 of the essential health and safety requirements set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.