The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

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(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) 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 U.K.

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.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 3.1.2006, see reg. 1

Amendment to the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Regulations 2001 U.K.

2.  The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Regulations 2001(3) are amended by substituting for the table in Schedule 3 the table set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 3.1.2006, see reg. 1

Malcolm Wicks

Minister for Energy

Department of Trade and Industry

29th December 2005

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE U.K.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. in force at 3.1.2006, see reg. 1

Type of equipment	Net installed power P (in kW) Electric power Pel a in kW Mass of appliance m in kg Cutting 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
a Pel for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer. Pel for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2.
b For the following types of equipment the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply for Stage II— Walk-behind vibrating rollers; Vibratory plates (>3 kW); Vibratory rammers; Dozers (steel tracked); Loaders (steel tracked >55 kW); Combustion-engine driver counterbalanced lift trucks; Compacting screed paver-finishers; and Hand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15< m<30).
c For single engine mobile cranes the figures for Stage I shall continue to apply until 3rd January 2008. After that date, Stage II figures shall apply.
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers)	P ≤ £ 8	108	105b
	8 < P ≤ £70	109	106b
	P > 70	89 + 11 1g P	86 + 11 1g Pb
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders	P ≤ 55	106	103b
	P > 55	87 + 11 1g P	84 + 11 1g Pb
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	101b
	P > 55	85 + 11 1g P	82 + 11 1g Pb
Mobile cranes	P ≤ 55	104	101c
	P > 55	85 + 11 1g P	82 + 11 1g P 101c
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 mb
	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).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1701), as amended by S.I. 2001/3958.

These Regulations implement European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/88/EC (OJ No. L344, 27.12.2005, p44) which amends European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/14/EC (OJ No. L162, 3.7.2000, p1) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors.

The table in these Regulations amends the sound power limits for the following categories of equipment—

• walk-behind vibrating rollers;

• vibratory plates (>3 kW);

• vibratory rammers;

• dozers (steel tracked);

• loaders (steel tracked >55 kW);

• combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks;

• compacting screed paver-finishers;

• hand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15<m<30); and

• single engine mobile cranes.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment and a Transposition Note have been prepared. Copies can be obtained from the Department of Trade and Industry, Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SS, telephone [phone]. Copies have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

(1)

S.I. 2001/3238.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

S.I. 2001/1701 as amended by S.I. 2001/3958.