Lifts (Amendment) Regulations, 2008

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,311, 19 ta’ Settembru, 2008

L.N. 232 of 2008

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Lifts (Amendment) Regulations, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 and 39 of the

Product Safety Act, the Minister of Finance, the Economy and

Investment has, on the advice of the Malta Standards Authority, made

the following regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Lifts (Amendment) Citation and

Regulations, 2008 and they shall be read and construed as one with the commencement.

Lifts Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 370 of 2002.

regulations”.

(2) These regulations transpose Article 24 of Directive

2006#42#EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 th May,

2006 on machinery and amending Directive 95#16#EC.

(3) These regulations shall come into force on 29 th

December, 2009.

For sub regulation 2.2 of the principal regulations, there shall Amends regulation

2 of the principal

be substituted the following>

regulations.

“2.2

These regulations shall not apply to>

— lifting appliances whose speed is not greater

than 0,15 m#s,

— construction site hoists,

— cableways, including funicular railways,

— lifts specially designed and constructed for military

or police purposes,

— lifting appliances from which work can be carried

out,

— mine winding gear,

— lifting appliances intended for lifting performers

during artistic performances,

— lifting appliances fitted in means of transport,

— lifting appliances connected to machinery and

intended exclusively for access to workstations including

maintenance and inspection points on the machinery,

— rack and pinion trains,

— escalators and mechanical walkways.”

For regulation 3.1.2. of the principal regulations, there shall

be substituted the following>

“3.1.2 “lift” means a lifting appliance serving specific levels,

having a carrier moving along guides which are rigid and inclined

at an angle of more than 15 degrees to the horizontal, intended for

the transport of>

— persons,

— persons and goods,

— goods alone if the carrier is accessible, that is to say a

person may enter it without difficulty, and fitted with controls

situated inside the carrier or within reach of a person inside

the carrier.

Lifting appliances moving along a fixed course even

where they do not move along guides which are rigid shall be

considered as lifts falling within the scope of this regulation.

A “carrier” means a part of the lift by which persons

and, or goods are supported in order to be lifted or lowered.”

In Schedule I to the principal regulations, for point 1.2 under

Section 1 General, there shall be substituted the following>

“1.2.

Carrier

The carrier of each lift shall be a car. This car shall be designed

and constructed to offer the space and strength corresponding to

the maximum number of persons and the rated load of the lift set

by the installer.

Where the lift is intended for the transport of persons, and

where its dimensions permit, the car shall be designed and

constructed in such a way that its structural features do not obstruct

or impede access and use by disabled persons and so as to allow

any appropriate adjustments intended to facilitate its use by them.”

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