scope:

This part of ISO 5395 specifies safety requirements and their verification for combustion-engine- povvered ride-on (seated) rotary lawnmowersand cylinder lavvnmovvers (hereafter named "lawnmower"), and equipped with:

- metallic cutting means; and/or

- non metallic cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of 10 J or more.

This part of ISO 5395 does not apply to:

- robotic and remote-controlled lawn mowers, flail mowers, grassland mowers, sickle bar mowers, towed/semi-mounted grass-cutting machines, and scrub-clearing machines;

- cutting-means assembly when used in combination with an agricultural tractor;

- electrically powered and battery-powered lawn mowers.

This part of ISO 5395 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or events (see Annex C) relevant to lawn mowers when used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

This part of ISO 5395 is not applicable to lawnmowers which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document.