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[Subsidiary]
G.N.A. 79/59. G.N.A. 80/59.
G.N.A. 107/59.
L.N. 152/71.
L.N. 11/75.
L.N. 294/76.
L.N. 359/80.
CAP. 123] Building (Escalators) Regulations
[1985 Ed.
BUILDING (ESCALATORS) REGULATIONS
(Cap. 123, section 38)
[1 January 1960.]
Citation.
Interpretation.
L.N.44/69.
(Cap. 123. sub. leg. 1
L.N. 182/71. L.N. 11/75.
Escalators to which Ordinance and regulations apply.
G.N.A. 80/59. r. 4.
1. These regulations may be cited as the Building (Escalators) Regulations.
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"compartment of a building" means any volume, or floor area in one storey, in any building assessed as a unit for the purposes of Table XVI in the Building (Construction) Regulations;
"elements of construction" means any floor, beam or column;
"F.R.P." means the period for which the element of construction is capable of resisting the action of fire when tested in accordance with British Standard Specification 476: 1932 or as specified in the Third Schedule to the Building (Construction) Regulations;
"governor" means an automatic device which will cause the supply of power to the driving machine of an escalator to be cut off in the event of the escalator exceeding a predetermined safe speed;
"machine brake" means an automatic brake designed to stop an escalator when a stop switch or the governor or the device required by regulation 29 is operated;
"rated load" means the maximum load which an escalator is designed to carry;
"rated speed" means the speed of an escalator measured along the angle of inclination;
"stop switch" means a switch so designed that, when operated, it will cause the supply of power to the driving machine of an escalator to be cut off.
3.
The Ordinance and regulations shall apply to every escalator other than-
(a) an escalator installed in any building belonging to the Crown or to the Government;
(b) an escalator installed in any building upon any land vested in any person on behalf of Her Majesty's naval, military or air force services; and
(c) an escalator installed in any building which belongs wholly to the government of a foreign country and which is used exclusively or mainly for the purposes of the official business of the consular officer of such government.