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Lifts and Escalators (Safety)

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installation thereof, until the Director has under section 12(3)(a) or section 14(2) or pursuant to the direction of an appeal board given under section 17(1) or (2), permitted the lift or escalator to be used and operated or is, under section 12(4), deemed to have permitted the lift or escalator to be used and operated. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 31).

(2) No lift, other than a service lift, in respect of which lift works which consist, either wholly or in part, of major alterations are being, or have been, carried out and no escalator in respect of which escalator works which consist, either wholly or in part, of the alteration of the speed, operation or design of the escalator are being, or have been, carried out shall be used or operated by any person for any purpose, except by or under the direction of the Director or a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, in connection with the examination or testing thereof or of a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in connection with the carrying out of such lift works or escalator works, until the Director has, under section 13(3) or section 14(2) or pursuant to the direction of an appeal board given under section 17(1) or (2), permitted the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed or is, under section 13(4), deemed to have permitted the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 31)

(3) A lift or escalator in respect of which an order has been made under section 27 Shall not, iring the continuance in opera- tion of such order, be used or operated by any person for any purpose, except by or under the direction of the Director or a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, in connection with the examination or testing thereof or a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in connection with the cleaning, oiling or adjusting thereof or the carrying out of any repairs or other work thereto necessary to put such lift or escalator in safe working order.

(4) In the event of any contravention of subsection (1), (2) or (3), the owner of the lift or escalator shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprison- ment for 6 months unless he shows to the satisfaction of the court that such contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the use and operation of the lift or escalator. (Amended, 43 of 1987, s. 31)

(5) Where any person has been convicted of an offence under subsection (4), he shall, in addition to the penalty provided therefor, be liable to a fine of $500 for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that there has been a further contraven- tion of subsection (1), (2) or (3), as the case may be, unless he shows that such further contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the use and operation of the lift or escalator.

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