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

Made29th December 2005

Laid before Parliament30th December 2005

Coming into force3rd January 2006

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated F1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 F2 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:

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

S.I. 2001/3238.

1972 c. 68.

Citation and commencement1

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 20012

The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors Regulations 2001 F3 are amended by substituting for the table in Schedule 3 the table set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Malcolm WicksMinister for EnergyDepartment of Trade and Industry29th December 2005

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Type of equipment	Net installed power P (in kW) Electric power P_el⁽¹⁾ 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
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers)	P �?� £ 8	108	105⁽²⁾
8 < P �?� £70	109	106⁽²⁾
P > 70	89 + 11 1g P	86 + 11 1g P⁽²⁾
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders	P �?� 55	106	103⁽²⁾
P > 55	87 + 11 1g P	84 + 11 1g P⁽²⁾
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⁽²⁾
P > 55	85 + 11 1g P	82 + 11 1g P⁽²⁾
Mobile cranes	P �?� 55	104	101⁽³⁾
P > 55	85 + 11 1g P	82 + 11 1g P 101⁽³⁾
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⁽²⁾
m ≥ 30	96 + 11 1g m	94 + 11 1g m
Tower cranes		98 + 1g P	96 + 1g P
Welding and power generators	P_el �?� 2	97 + 1g P_el	95 + 1g P_el
2 < P_el �?� 10	98 + 1g P_el	96 + 1g P_el
10 > P_el	97 + 1g P_el	95 + 1g P_el
Compressors	P �?� 15	99	97
P > 15	97 + 2 1g P_el	95 + 2 1g P_el
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).

⁽¹⁾P_el for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer. P_el for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2.

⁽²⁾ 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).

⁽³⁾ 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.

(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 020 7215 5000. Copies have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.