Lift, Escalator And Passenger Conveyor Regulations, 2010

Take note that the Minister of Labour has under section 44(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 85 of 1993 incorporated the hereinafter listed standards into the Lift, Escalator And Passenger Conveyor Regulations, 2010.

This notice was given in Government Gazette 33561,Regulation Gazette 9380 Government Notice Regulation GNR. 829 dated 17 September 2010.

The incorporated standards are:
• "SANS 1543": the specification for escalators and passenger conveyors, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 1545-1": the specification for lifts: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts: Part 1: Electric lifts, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 1545-2": the specification for lifts: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts: Part 2: Hydraulic lifts, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 1545-3": the specification for lifts: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts: Part 3: Lifts for persons with physical disabilities (stair-lifting platforms), published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 1545-4": the specification for lifts: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts: Part 4: Lifts for persons with physical disabilities (vertical platforms), published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 1545-5": the specification for lifts: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts, Part 5: Electric and hydraulic access, goods only lifts, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 1545-6": the specification for lifts: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts: Part 6: Rack and pinion lifts, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 1545-9": the specification for lifts: Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts: Part 9: Lift landing doors fire resistance testing, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 50280": standard for the design, safe use and maintenance of scissors lifts, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 10360": the standard for the maintenance and repair of electric and hydraulic powered lifts, escalators and passenger conveyors, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 21": the specification for escalators, safety rules for the construction and installation of escalator and passenger conveyors;
• "SANS 50081-1": the specification for electric lifts, safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts, published by the South African Bureau of Standards;
• "SANS 50081-2": the specification for hydraulic lifts, safety rules for the construction and installation of hydraulic lifts, published by the South African Bureau of Standards.