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PART V.
Lifts not driven by mechanical power.
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BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1955.
(No. 68 of 1955).
BUILDING (LIFTS) REGULATIONS, 1959.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of the Buildings Ordinance, 1955, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations
PART I
Preliminary.
1. These regulations may be cited as the Building (Lifts) Citation and Regulations, 1959, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of commence- January, 1960.
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1. In these regulations, save where the conicxt otherwise Interpro- requires-
"approved" means approved by the Building Authority; "counterweight" means a weight or series of weights provided to counterbalance the weight of the car and part of the rated load of a lift;
"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 Schedule VI of the London County Council London Building (Constructional) By-laws. 1952;
“governor" means an automatic device which operates the safety gear in the event of a lift or counterweight exceeding a predetermined speed in the downward direction;
"open air" means a space which-
(a) is vertically uncovered and unobstructed;
(b) is not less, in any horizontal dimension, than five feet; and
(c) where such space is enclosed on four sides, has a horizontal area of not less than one square foot for every two feet of the mean height of the walls enclosing the space:
"rated load" means the load which a lift is designed to carry at the
rated speed:
"rated speed" means the mean of the maximum speeds attained by a lift in the upward and downward direction with full rated load; "safety gear" means a mechanical device which, when operated, stops the car of a lift, or a counterweight, and bolds the car or counter- weight to the guides;
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