You can use this compliance code as a practical guide to meet your occupational health and safety duties or obligations in relation to noise.
This information is particularly relevant for you if you are an employer, manufacturer, designer or supplier of plant, a designer of buildings or structures, or someone who installs, erects or commissions plant. The code provides information about the identification of risks associated with noise and the broader duties of employers in relation to noise exposure. It uses examples and tools you can apply to your own workplace.
If you comply with this code, you are deemed to comply with the Act or Regulation duty covered by the code. However, this code is not mandatory and duty holders may choose to use some other way to achieve compliance.
