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[Subsidiary]

Testing and examination of cranes, crabs, and winches.

First Schedule, Forms 3 and 4.

First Schedule. Forms 3 and 4.

Testing and examination of pulley blocks, gin wheels and sheerlegs.

L.N. 238/83.

First Schedule, Form 4.

First Schedule, Form 4.

CAP. 59]

Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations

[1983 Ed.

(2) The contractor responsible for a lifting appliance shall, when the appliance is in use-

(a) provide such devices for giving sound, colour, or light signals as are necessary to enable the appliance to be operated safely; and

(b) ensure that those devices are-

(i) properly maintained; and

(ii) adequately protected from interference, whether accidental or otherwise.

22. (1) The contractor responsible for any crane, crab, or winch shall ensure that it is not used unless-

(a) during the preceding 4 years it has been tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner; and

(b) there has been obtained from him in respect of the test and examination a certificate in the prescribed form.

(2) If any such crane, crab, or winch has been so tested and examined, but has since undergone substantial alteration or repair affecting its strength and stability, the certificate of test shall cease to have effect and the contractor shall ensure that-

(a) the crane, crab, or winch is not used again until it has been further tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner; and

(b) there has been obtained from him in respect of the further test and examination a new certificate in the prescribed form.

23. (1) The contractor responsible for a pulley block, gin wheel, or sheerlegs shall ensure that it is not used in raising or lowering loads of 1 tonne or more unless-

(a) it has previously been tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner; and

(b) there has been obtained from him in respect of the test and examination a certificate in the prescribed form.

(2) If any such pulley block, gin wheel, or sheerlegs has been so tested and examined, but has since undergone substantial alteration or repair, the certificate of test shall cease to have effect and the contractor shall ensure that the block, wheel, or sheerlegs is not again used in raising or lowering loads of 1 tonne or more until-

(a) it has been further tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner; and

(b) there has been obtained from him in respect of the further test and examination a certificate in the prescribed form.