CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2Scope

1

This Regulation applies to new cableway installations designed to transport persons, to modifications of cableway installations requiring a new authorisation, and to subsystems and safety components for cableway installations.

2

This Regulation does not apply to the following:

a

lifts covered by F1the Lifts Regulations 2016;

b

cableway installations that are categorised F2by the Cableway Installations Regulations 2018 as historic, cultural or heritage installations, that entered into service before 1 January 1986 and that are still in operation, and that have not had any significant changes in design or construction, including subsystems and safety components specifically designed for them;

c

installations intended for agricultural or forestry purposes;

d

cableway installations for the service of mountain shelters and huts intended only for the transport of goods and specifically designated persons;

e

on-site or mobile equipment exclusively designed for leisure and amusement purposes and not as a means for transporting persons;

f

mining installations or other industrial on-site installations used for industrial activities;

g

installations in which the users or their carriers are waterborne.