Duties of lift owner and specialist professional engineer in major alteration or replacement works
17.—(1) An owner of a lift must notify the Commissioner in writing before any major alteration or replacement works are carried out on the lift.
(2) For the purpose of this regulation, major alteration or replacement works on a lift includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(a)
changing or removing any safety device of a lift, or adding any safety device to a lift;
(b)
changing the mass of a lift car, including lift car finishing;
(c)
changing the rated load or speed of a lift;
(d)
changing the travel distance of a lift;
(e)
changing the lift control operation (including changing the software or type of driving machine or brakes);
(f)
changing the number, type or size of the hoisting ropes supporting a lift car or its counterweight;
(g)
changing the size of the guide rails of a lift;
(h)
changing the type of safety gear;
(i)
changing the lift landing door, lift car door and lift car door drive and control.
(2A) To avoid doubt, replacing a part of a lift with a part of the same design and specifications does not constitute major alteration or replacement works on the lift.
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(3) A person must not carry out any major alteration or replacement works on a lift unless the person —
(a)
is a lift service contractor; and
(b)
is supervised by a specialist professional engineer for those works.
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(4) Upon completion of any major alteration or replacement works on a lift, the specialist professional engineer must examine, inspect and test every part of the lift that was altered or replaced to ensure that the design and installation of each altered or replaced part is in accordance with —
(a)
in the case of a home lift, a vertical platform lift or a stairlift —
(i)
the manufacturer’s recommendations for that part; or
(ii)
where the manufacturer’s recommendations are not available, the applicable standard in Part 2 of the Second Schedule; or
(b)
in the case of any other lift, the applicable standard in Part 2 of the Second Schedule.
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(4A) If the design and installation of any altered or replaced part of a lift cannot be in accordance with paragraph (4), the owner of the lift may make an application to the Commissioner in the form and manner required by the Commissioner, for the requirement under paragraph (4) to be deemed fulfilled under paragraph (4B).
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(4B) For the purposes of paragraph (4A), the requirement under paragraph (4) is deemed to be fulfilled if all the following conditions are met:
(a)
the specialist professional engineer has examined, inspected and tested the altered or replaced part of the lift and confirmed that the part of the lift is designed and installed in accordance with —
(i)
an alternative standard that the specialist professional engineer assesses to meet the requirements equivalent to the applicable standard in Part 2 of the Second Schedule; or
(ii)
a modification of the requirements that the specialist professional engineer assesses is equivalent to the requirements of the applicable standard in Part 2 of the Second Schedule,
and the Commissioner accepts the alternative standard or modification;
(b)
any other condition that the Commissioner may impose.
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(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4), a specialist professional engineer must not carry out —
(a)
any supervision of any major alteration or replacement works on a lift; or
(b)
any examination, inspection and test required by this regulation,
if the specialist professional engineer is a partner, associate, director, officer or employee of the owner of the lift, or the lift service contractor carrying out the major alteration or replacement works on the lift.
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(6) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1), (3), (4) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
