PART 1 | Citation and commencement |
1.—(1) These Regulations are the Building Maintenance and Strata Management (Lift, Escalator and Building Maintenance) Regulations 2016 and, except for Part 4, and Part 2 of the Schedule, come into operation on 25 July 2016.| (2) Part 4, and Part 2 of the Schedule, come into operation on 1 November 2016. |
|
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —| “ASME 18.1-2014” means the 2014 edition of the ASME A18.1 on Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; |
| “authorised examiner” means a person approved by the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health under section 33 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (Cap. 354A) for the purpose of carrying out any prescribed examination or test of any hoist or lift; |
| “certificate of statutory completion” means a certificate of statutory completion issued under the Building Control Act (Cap. 29), and includes a certificate of fitness for occupation issued under the repealed Building Control Act (Cap. 29, 1985 Ed.); |
| “EN 81-41:2010” means the British Standard BS EN 81‑41:2010 on Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 41: Vertical lifting platforms intended for use by persons with impaired mobility, published by the British Standards Institution on 31 January 2011; |
| “escalator” means a power-driven stairway with continuously moving steps and handrails, which is for carrying people between different floors of a building, and includes a passenger conveyor; |
| “escalator service contractor” (also known as an escalator contractor) means a contractor who is registered with the Building and Construction Authority to carry out installation, major alteration, replacement works and maintenance of escalators, and is of at least L2 or such other financial grade as the Commissioner may determine; |
| “home lift” means a lift, not being common property, installed in a private home solely for the use of its occupants; |
| “ISO 4344:2004” means the 2004 edition of ISO 4344 published by the International Standards Organisation on 1 February 2004; |
| “Japan Elevator Association Standards: 2014” means the technical standards for lifts issued by the Japanese Elevator Association in 2014; |
“lift” means any power-driven permanent equipment installed in or attached to a building or structure —| (a) | by which people or goods are raised or lowered within a car or cage, or on a platform, in a substantially vertical direction; and | | (b) | the movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides, |
| and includes the supporting structure, machinery, equipment, gear and enclosures used in connection with the lift; |
|
| “lift service contractor” (also known as a lift contractor) means a contractor who is registered with the Building and Construction Authority to carry out installation, major alteration, replacement works and maintenance of lifts, and is of at least L2 or such other financial grade as the Commissioner may determine; |
| “operate”, in relation to a lift or escalator, includes allowing or authorising the operation of the lift or escalator; |
“owner”, in relation to a lift or escalator, means —| (a) | except as otherwise provided by paragraph (b), the owner, lessee or occupier of the building or structure in, or in connection with, which the lift or escalator is used; or | | (b) | where the lift or escalator is part of any common property or limited common property —| (i) | in the case of common property of any housing estate of the Housing and Development Board — the Town Council established under the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A) for that housing estate; | | (ii) | in the case of common property or limited common property not comprised in a strata title plan — the person receiving any rent or charge for the maintenance of that common property or limited common property, and includes every person whose name is entered in the Valuation List prepared under section 10 of the Property Tax Act (Cap. 254) as owner of that common property or limited common property; or | | (iii) | in the case of common property or limited common property comprised in a strata title plan — the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, having control of the common property or limited common property, |
|
| but does not include a supplier of a lift or escalator, or an agent of such supplier, who, by reason only of a contract for the sale or installation of the lift or escalator, retains the ownership of the lift or escalator pending any payment of its price or the giving of any other consideration; |
|
“passenger conveyor” means a power-driven installation comprising a continuously moving walkway for conveying people —| (a) | between different parts of a building; or | | (b) | between 2 buildings; |
|
| “permit to operate” means a permit issued by the Commissioner under regulation 10 or 22; |
| “power-driven” means driven otherwise than by human power; |
| “SS 550:2009” means the 2009 edition of the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for the Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Electric Passenger and Goods Lifts published by the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board, as amended by the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for the Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Electric Passenger and Goods Lifts Amendment No. 1 published in December 2013; |
| “SS CP 15:2004” means the 2004 edition of the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for the Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Escalators and Passenger Conveyors published by the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board, as amended by the Singapore Standard Code of Practice for the Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Escalators and Passenger Conveyors Amendment No. 1 published in February 2008; |
| “stairlift” means a motorised platform or seat installed in a stairway, which transverses the stairs when activated; |
| “temporary occupation permit”, in relation to a building, or part of a building, means a temporary occupation permit issued under the Building Control Act for the building or that part, and includes a temporary occupation licence issued under the repealed Building Control Act; |
| “vertical platform lift” means a vertical lifting platform intended for use by people with impaired mobility, with or without wheelchair, travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path. |
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations —| (a) | a lift includes a stairlift and a vertical platform lift; and | | (b) | a home lift does not include a stairlift or a vertical platform lift installed in a private home solely for the use of its occupants. |
|
|
|
