The Lawnmowers (Harmonization of Noise Emission Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/876
• Sections: 2

Section 1

These Regulations, which extend to Great Britain, may be cited as the Lawnmowers (Harmonization of Noise Emission Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1987, and shall come into force on 1st July 1987.

Section 2

The Lawnmowers (Harmonization of Noise Emission Standards) Regulations 1986 are hereby amended as follows:—

(a) in regulation 2(1)—

(i) in the definition of “ EEC mark”, “and” shall be deleted; and

(ii) at the end of the definition of “the Directive” there shall be added “as amended by Commission Directive 87/252/EEC adapting it to technical progress” ;

(b) in regulation 7—

(i) at the end of paragraph (1), there shall be added the following proviso:—

Provided that such checks may only be carried out if the lawnmower is for the time being held by or on behalf of the manufacturer, importer or other supplier of the lawnmower

(ii) in paragraph (2), after “a lawnmower” there shall be inserted “under paragraph (1) above”;

(c) in Schedule 1—

(i) at the end of item 1.1 there shall be added “of lawnmower”;

(ii) for the words in item 1.5 there shall be substituted “Identification of the series”; and

(iii) after item 1.5 there shall be added the following:—

1.6 Name of manufacturer of motor

1.7 Type of motor

1.8 The maximum speed of rotation of motor during the test rpm

(d) in Schedule 3—

(i) for the words in item 4. there shall be substituted “Identification of the series”; and

(ii) after item 4. there shall be added the following:—

(5) Motor:

manufacturer

type

speed of rotation during the test rpm

(e) in Schedule 4, below the form of model for EEC mark there shall be added the following:—

All the dimensions shown above may be multiplied, for example by ½, ⅓, 2, 3, 4 etc. , and a tolerance of 20% shall be allowed on all the dimensions.