The Lawnmowers (Harmonization of Noise Emission Standards) Regulations 1992
These Regulations implement Council Directive 84/538/EEC (OJ No. L300 of 19th November 1984, pp. 171—178), as amended by Commission Directive 87/252/EEC (OJ No. L117 of 5th May 1987, pp. 22—27), adapting it to technical progress, and Council Directives 88/180/EEC (OJ No. L81 of 26th March 1988, pp. 69—70) and 88/181/EEC (OJ No. L81 of 26th March 1988, pp. 71—74) which extended the provisions of the 1984 Directive (as amended) to motorised cylinder mowers and provided for a maximum permissible sound pressure level in the case of certain lawnmowers with a cutting width exceeding 120cm (“wide lawnmowers”).