[Subsidiary]
L.N. 280/78.
L.N. 238/83.
L.N. 238/83.
L.N. 280/78.
L.N. 280/78.
L.N. 238/83.
CAP. 59] Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations
[1983 Ed.
(c) an earth or mineral moving or excavating appliance not fitted with a grab;
"hoist" means a lifting machine, whether worked by mechanical power or not, with a carriage, platform or cage, the movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides; and also the supports, well and enclosures, and the carriage, platform or cage, and the whole of the mechanical and electrical apparatus (if any) required in connexion with the operation and safety of a hoist;
"ladder" does not include a folding step-ladder;
"ladder scaffold" means a scaffold with a working platform which is supported directly on a ladder by means of a crutch or bracket on a rung or rungs of a ladder;
"lifting appliance" means a crab, winch, pulley block, or gin wheel used for raising or lowering and a hoist, crane, sheerlegs, excavator, drag line, pile driver, pile extractor, or overhead runway;
"lifting gear" means a chain sling, rope sling or similar gear, and a ring, link, hook, plate clamp, shackle, swivel or eyebolt;
"maintained" means maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair;
"material", except in regulations 5, 29, 39 and 61, includes waste material and debris;
"plant" includes any plant, equipment, gear, machinery, apparatus, or appliance, or any part thereof;
"prime mover" means any engine, motor, or other appliance, which provides mechanical energy derived from—
(a) steam or electricity;
(b) the combustion of fuel; or
(c) any other source;
"raising or lowering or as a means of suspension" means raising or lowering or as a means of suspension of a load on a lifting appliance or lifting gear;
"safe working load", in relation to a lifting appliance or to lifting gear, means either—
(a) the appropriate safe working load for operating the appliance or gear as specified in the current certificate of test given in the prescribed form by a competent examiner in respect of the appliance or gear for the purposes of these regulations; or
(b) where no such certificate is required, the relevant safe working load appropriate to the lifting appliance or lifting gear;
"scaffold" means any temporarily provided structure on or from which persons perform work in connexion with operations or