
2005 No. 3525
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made 29th December 2005
Laid before Parliament 30th December 2005
Coming into force 3rd January 2006
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 3rd January 2006.
Amendment to the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Regulations 2001
2 
The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Regulations 2001 are amended by substituting for the table in Schedule 3 the table set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Malcolm Wicks
Minister for Energy
Department of Trade and Industry
29th December 2005
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


Type of equipment Net installed power P (in kW)Electric power Pel in kWMass of appliance m in kgCutting width L in cm Permissible sound power level in dB/1 pW
  Stage I as from 3 January 2002 Stage II as from 3 January 2006
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers) P ≤ £ 8 108 105
8 < P ≤ £70 109 106
P > 70 89 + 11 1g P 86 + 11 1g P
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders P ≤ 55 106 103
P > 55 87 + 11 1g P 84 + 11 1g P
Wheeled dozers,wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers),paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs P ≤ 55 104 101
P > 55 85 + 11 1g P 82 + 11 1g P
Mobile cranes P ≤ 55 104 101
P > 55 85 + 11 1g P 82 + 11 1g P 101
Excavators, builders' hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes P ≤ 15 96 93
P > 15 83 + 11 1g P 80 + 11 1g P
Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks m ≤ 15 107 105
15< m < 30 94 + 11 1g m 92 + 11 1g m
m ≥ 30 96 + 11 1g m 94 + 11 1g m
Tower cranes  98 + 1g P 96 + 1g P
Welding and power generators Pel ≤ 2 97 + 1g Pel 95 + 1g Pel
2 < Pel ≤ 10 98 + 1g Pel 96 + 1g Pel
10 > Pel 97 + 1g Pel 95 + 1g Pel
Compressors P ≤ 15 99 97
P > 15 97 + 2 1g Pel 95 + 2 1g Pel
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers L ≤ 50 96 96
50 < L ≤ 70 100 98
70 < L ≤ 120 100 100
L > 120 105 105
The permissible sound power level shall be rounded up or down to the nearest integer number (less than 0.5, use lower number; greater than or equal to 0.5, use higher number).


