The London Cable Car Order 2012

PART 3 EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY

Stations and other premises on the cable car system

11.—(1) Where the entrance to or exit from any part of a station is by a staffed or automatic ticket barrier, a person must not enter or leave that part of the station without passing through the barrier in the correct manner except with permission from an authorised person.

(2) A person must not open a barrier or any other gate on the cable car system except where there is a notice indicating that it is permissible to do so or with permission from an authorised person.

(3) Where there is a notice by an entrance or exit on any part of the cable car system indicating that it must be used for entrance or exit only, no person may enter by the exit or leave by the entrance.

(4) A person must not enter or leave by an emergency exit except in an emergency or when directed to do so by an authorised person.

(5) A person must not move, operate or stop any lift on the cable car system except—

(a) by means of any of the controls intended for use by that person; or

(b) in an emergency and by means of equipment on or near which is a notice indicating that it is intended to be used in an emergency.

(6) A person who attempts to breach any of byelaws 11(1) to (5) is liable to the same penalties under the byelaws as is a person who has breached those byelaws.

Gondolas

12.—(1) A person must not—

(a) enter or attempt to enter a gondola which already contains the maximum permitted number of passengers specified by a notice fixed to the gondola or displayed at the station where the person entered or attempted to enter the gondola;

(b) throw or drop anything from a gondola;

(c) deliberately or recklessly cause a gondola to swing or bounce while it is in motion or between the stations;

(d) open or attempt to open the gondola doors, or enter or leave any gondola, when the gondola is outside the designated boarding and alighting areas within the stations;

(e) enter or leave a gondola except by the proper use of the gondola doors; or

(f) enter or leave by the gondola doors when they are closing, or force open the doors or obstruct the doors in any way.

(2) A person who attempts to breach byelaw 12(1) is liable to the same penalties under the byelaws as is a person who has breached that byelaw.

General safety

13.—(1) A person must not move, operate, obstruct, stop or in any other way interfere with any part of the cable car system except—

(a) where that person uses equipment intended for the use of passengers, in the way it is intended to be used; or

(b) in an emergency and by means of any equipment on or near which is a notice indicating that it is intended to be used in an emergency.

(2) A person must not place, throw, drop or trail anything on the cable car system which is capable of injuring or endangering any person or damaging any property.

(3) A person must not, without reasonable cause, activate any emergency or communications system on any part of the cable car system.

(4) A person who attempts to breach any of byelaws 13(1) to (3) is liable to the same penalties under the byelaws as is a person who has breached those byelaws.

Safety instructions

14.—(1) A person must not, without reasonable cause, disobey—

(a) any notice displayed by the operator on the relevant part of the cable car system containing reasonable instructions relating to safety on that part of the cable car system; or

(b) any instructions issued by an authorised person in an emergency or in other circumstances in which the authorised person believes it is necessary to do so in the interest of safety.

(2) No offence is committed under the byelaws where a person acts in accordance with a notice or instructions referred to in byelaw 14(1) even if it would otherwise be so under the byelaws.