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This part of ISO 5395 specifies safety requirements and their verification for combustion-enginepowered pedestrian-controlled rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers, including pedestriancontrolled mowers with a sulky having a seated operator (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 lawnmowers, flail mowers, grassland mowers, sickle bar mowers, towed/semi-mounted grass-cutting machines, and scrub-clearing machines; - electrically powered and battery-powered lawnmowers; - pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers with a swing-over handle.