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Enforced by: HSE
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 6 of 7 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer6 Employee1

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 241 duties

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 120 duties

TULRCA 1992 72 duties

Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 54 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 53 duties

Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 18 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 13 duties

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 11 duties

Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 10 duties

Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 9 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Application Regulated

Extend noise protection duties to non-employees affected by your workEmployer

s.005 Assessment of the risk to health and safety created by exposure to noise at the workplace Imprisonment

Assess noise risks and record findingsEmployee

s.006 Elimination or control of exposure to noise at the workplace Imprisonment

Eliminate or control employee exposure to noiseEmployer

s.007 Hearing Protection Imprisonment

Provide hearing protection and manage Hearing Protection ZonesEmployer

s.008 Maintenance and use of equipment Imprisonment

Maintain noise control equipment and ensure it is used properlyEmployer

s.009 Health Surveillance Imprisonment

Provide health surveillance and hearing tests for noise-exposed staffEmployer

s.010 Information, instruction and training Imprisonment

Provide noise safety information and training to employeesEmployer

8 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.004 Exposure limit values and action values

s.011 Exemption certificates from hearing protection

s.012 Exemption certificates for emergency services

s.013 Exemptions relating to the Ministry of Defence

s.014 Extension outside Great Britain

s.015 Revocations, amendments and savings

Schedules

0 of 8 shown

8 other schedules

s.001 Daily Personal Noise Exposure Levels

s.002 Peak Sound Pressure Level

s.sch001 The daily personal noise exposure level, LEP,d, which corresponds to...

s.sch001 If the work is such that the daily exposure consists...

s.sch002 Peak sound pressure level, LCpeak, is expressed in decibels and...

s.sch002 where— p Cpeak is the maximum value of the C-weighted...

s.schedule/1/part/2/paragraph/wrapper1n2 The weekly personal noise exposure, LEP,w, which corresponds to defined...

s.schedule/1/part/2/paragraph/wrapper2n2 where— m is the number of working days on which...

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

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