UK Statutory Instrument 2001 United Kingdom

UKSI 2001/1701

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Sections and provisions

41 classified provisions from this legislation.

13 Duties 3 Offences and penalties 3 Powers 7 Definitions 10 Exemptions

Duties 13

  • s.7 General duty relating to placing on the market or putting into service
  • s.8 Permissible sound power level of equipment
  • s.11 CE marking and indication of the guaranteed sound power level
  • s.12 Provision of data
  • s.17 Enforcement
  • Register of approved bodies Register of approved bodies
  • Schedule 5 (ANNEX II to the Directive)
  • Schedule 7 (ANNEX IV to the Directive)
  • Schedule 8 (ANNEX V to the Directive)
  • Schedule 9 (ANNEX VI to the Directive)
  • Schedule 10 (ANNEX VII to the Directive)
  • Schedule 11 (ANNEX VIII to the Directive) approved body
  • Schedule 12A Approved body requirements

Offences and penalties 3

  • s.18 Offences
  • s.19 Penalties
  • s.21 Liability of persons other than the principal offender

Powers 3

Definitions 7

  • s.2 Interpretation CE marking" means the CE marking referred to in Article 3(c) of the Directive consisting of the initials “CE" in the form shown in Annex IV to the Directive ; - ... - “enforcement authority" shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 13; - “equipment" means equipment for use outdoors; - “equipment for use outdoors indication of the guaranteed sound power level" means the indication referred to in regulation 11 in the form shown in Schedule 7; - “open air" includes the use of equipment in an ambience where the transmission of sound is not or not significantly affected (for instance, under tents, under roofs for protection against rain or in the shell of houses); - “responsible person" means the manufacturer;the manufacturer’s authorised representative established in the United Kingdom; orwhere neither the manufacturer nor his authorised representative is established in the United Kingdom, the person placing the equipment on the market or putting it into service in Great Britain; - “guaranteed sound power level" means a sound power level determined in accordance with the requirements laid down in Schedule 6 which includes the uncertainties due to production variation and measurement procedures and where the responsible person confirms that according to the technical instruments applied and referred to in the technical documentation it is not exceeded; - “measured sound power level" means a sound power level as determined from measurements as laid down in Schedule 6; measured values may be determined either from a single machine representative for the type of equipment or from the average of a number of machines; - ... - “sound power level L WA " means the A-weighted sound power level in dB in relation to 1pW as defined in EN ISO 3744: 1995 and EN ISO 3746: 1995; - “UK marking the Directive" means Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors ... ; b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c) unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule so numbered in these Regulations and a reference to a paragraph in a regulation is a reference to a paragraph in that regulation. 2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— - “approved body
  • s.10 Conformity assessment procedures
  • s.13 Approved Bodies
  • Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods
  • Schedule 2 (Extract from Article 13)
  • Schedule 4 (ANNEX I to the Directive)
  • Schedule 6 (ANNEX III to the Directive)

Exemptions 10

  • s.3 Application
  • s.4 Excluded equipment
  • s.5 —
  • s.6 —
  • s.9 Exceptions to placing on the market and putting into service of certain equipment
  • s.16 Conditions for equipment being taken to conform
  • s.20 Defence of due diligence
  • s.23 Transitional provision in relation to EU Exit
  • Further use of UK marking Further use of UK marking
  • Obligations which are met by complying with obliga Obligations which are met by complying with obligations in the Directive