The Lifts Regulations 2016

[F1 MODULE C2 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 11-19 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 22 para. 44 (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

1.   Conformity to type with random checking is the part of the conformity assessment procedure whereby an approved body carries out checks on safety components for lifts to ensure that they are in conformity with the approved type as described in the Type examination certificate and satisfy the applicable requirements of Schedule 1 and will enable a lift in which they are correctly incorporated to satisfy those requirements. U.K.

Manufacturing U.K.

2.   The manufacturer shall take all measures necessary to ensure that the manufacturing process and its monitoring ensure that the manufactured safety components for lifts meet the conditions referred to in point 1.

3.   The manufacturer shall lodge an application for random checking with a single approved body of his choice. U.K.

The application shall include:

(a) the name and address of the manufacturer and, if the application is lodged by the authorised representative, his name and address as well;

(b) a written declaration that the same application has not been lodged with any other approved body;

(c) all relevant information on the safety components for lifts manufactured;

(d) the address of the premises where the sample of the safety components for lifts can be taken.

4.   The approved body shall carry out or have carried out checks on safety components for lifts at random intervals. An adequate sample of the final safety components for lifts, taken on site by the approved body, shall be examined and appropriate tests set out in the relevant designated standards, and/or equivalent tests set out in other relevant technical specifications, shall be carried out to check whether the safety components for lifts meets the conditions referred to in point 1. In cases where one or more of the safety components for lifts checked do not conform, the approved body shall take appropriate measures. U.K.

The points to be taken into account when checking the safety components for lifts will be defined by joint agreement between all the approved bodies responsible for this procedure, taking into consideration the essential characteristics of the safety components for lifts.

The approved body shall issue a certificate of conformity to type with respect to the examinations and tests carried out.

On request the approved body shall provide the Secretary of State with a copy of the certificate of conformity to type.

UK marking and Declaration of conformity U.K.

5.1.   The manufacturer shall affix the UK marking, and, under the responsibility of the approved body referred to in point 3, the latter's identification number to each individual safety component for lifts that meets the conditions referred to in point 1. U.K.

5.2.   The manufacturer shall draw up a written declaration of conformity for each safety component for lifts and keep a copy of it at the disposal of the enforcing authorities for 10 years after the safety component for lifts has been placed on the market. The Declaration of conformity shall identify the safety component for lifts for which it has been drawn up. U.K.

Authorised representative U.K.

6.   The manufacturer's obligations may be fulfilled by his authorised representative, on his behalf and under his responsibility, provided that they are specified in the mandate. An authorised representative shall not fulfil the manufacturer's obligations set out in point 2.]