The Lifts Regulations 1997

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 4 (Annex IV to the Lifts Directive)LIST OF SAFETY COMPONENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1(1) AND ARTICLE 8(1)

1.  Devices for locking landing doors.

2.  Devices to prevent falls referred to in Section 3.2 of Annex I to prevent the car from falling or unchecked upward movements.

3.  Overspeed limitation devices.

4.—(a) Energy-accumulating buffers:

• either non-linear,

• or with damping of the return movement.

(b) Energy-dissipating buffers(1).

5.  Safety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where these are used as devices to prevent falls.

6.  Electric safety devices in the form of safety switches containing electronic components.

(1)

There are some linguistic errors in the English text of the Lifts Directive. The text of the Directive uses the words “shock absorbers” instead of “buffers”.