Noise Regulation 4 - Assessment of Exposure
1) Every employer shall, when any of his employees is likely to be exposed to the first action level or above or to the peak action level or above, ensure that a competent person makes a noise assessment which is adequate for the purposes -

a) of identifying which of his employees are so exposed; and

b) of providing him with such information with regard to the noise to which those employees may be exposed as will facilitate compliance with his duties under regulations 7, 8, 9, and 11.

2) The noise assessment required by paragraph (1) shall be review when -

a) there is reason to suspect that the assessment is no longer valid; or

b) there has been significant change in the work to which the assessment relates; and, where as a result of the review changes in the assessment are required, those changes shall be made.

 
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