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48 Labelling of grass-cutting machines with maximum sound power level

48 Labelling of grass-cutting machines with maximum sound power level

(1) A person must not sell by retail a new Category 1 grass-cutting machine unless it has securely attached to it in a conspicuous position—

(a) an approved noise label displaying the machine’s maximum sound power level as determined in accordance with Part 6, or

(b) a label that accords with the EU Outdoor Noise Directive and that displays—

(i) the marking of conformity in the form shown in Annex IV to that Directive, and

(ii) the machine’s guaranteed sound power level.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 50 penalty units in the case of an individual.

(2) A person must not sell by retail a new Category 2 grass-cutting machine unless it has securely attached to it in a conspicuous position an approved noise label displaying the machine’s maximum sound power level as determined in accordance with Part 6.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 50 penalty units in the case of an individual.

(3) In this clause—

Category 1 grass-cutting machine means any of the following—

(a) a lawn mower with a cutting width of more than 620 millimetres but less than 950 millimetres,

(b) (Repealed)

(c) an electric edge-cutter,

(d) an electric string trimmer.

Category 2 grass-cutting machine means any of the following—

(a) an edge-cutter that is not an electric edge-cutter,

(b) a string trimmer that is not an electric string trimmer,

(c) a brush cutter,

(d) any other grass-cutting machine with cutting edges of 950 millimetres or less that is not a Category 1 grass-cutting machine.

cl 48: Am 2023 (51), Sch 1.3[4].