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5. The following shall be substituted for the definition of “lift” in regulation 2(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, and
intended for the transport of—
persons,
persons and goods, or
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,
but 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 these Regulations..”.
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