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Modification of duties of manufacturers etc. of articles for use at work and articles of fairground equipment

12.  In the case of articles for use at work or articles of fairground equipment, section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(1) (which imposes general duties on manufacturers etc. as regards articles for use at work, substances and articles of fairground equipment) shall be modified so that any duty imposed on any person by subsection (1) of that section shall include a duty to ensure that, where any such article as is referred to therein is likely to cause any employee to be exposed to the first action level or above or to the peak action level or above, adequate information is provided concerning the noise likely to be generated by that article.

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1974 c. 37; section 6 was amended by the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43), Schedule 3, paragraph 1.