The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (Noise Regulations) will be extended to the music and entertainment sectors as of April 2008. These sectors had been given a two-year period of grace before implementation of the regulations which have applied to other sectors since 2006. The regulations aim to protect workers from the risk of damage to hearing associated with exposure to live music. Employers will be required to manage those risks both to employees and freelancers using various control methods, many of which should be simple and low cost.