UK Statutory Instrument 1988 United Kingdom

Construction Plant and Equipment (Harmonisation of Noise Emission Standards) Regulations 1988

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At a glance

Enforced by

HSE

What's here

5 compliance obligations

Penalty landscape

1 of 5 obligations carry a fine up to £2,000. 1 carries different penalties and 3 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Manufacturer 2
  • Any Person 1
  • Director or Officer 1

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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Manufacturers also bound by 82 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Any Person also bound by 749 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Directors and Officers also bound by 224 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Schedules

Browse 4 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
s.004

Appointment of approved bodies

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must appoint approved bodies for equipment testing Crown / Minister / Government department
s.010

Offences by corporations

Unlimited fine
  • Personal liability for corporate noise regulation offences Director or Officer
Browse 15 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.001

Citation, commencement and extent

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Marketing of earth-moving machines

s.004

Appointment of approved bodies

s.005

reg.5

s.006

Certificate of conformity and EEC mark of conformity

s.007

EEC inspections

s.008

Review

s.009

Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes or fails to...

s.010

Offences by corporations

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Enforcement and responsible bodies

The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

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