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The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises (Hoists and Lifts) Regulations, 1968
The work of the department under these Regulations can be summarised as follows:
(1) The listing of all registerable premises in which lifts are installed, and
the recording of the details of manufacture, type and construction.
(2) Communication with occupiers who have not made arrangements for
lifts to be inspected in accordance with the Regulations.
(3) The receipt of a report on a lift by a competent person is followed
by a standard letter to the occupier or owner of the premises. This
letter draws attention to the time limits recommended by the
inspecting engineer for the completion of the necessary works, and it
requests that the department be notified when the works have been
completed.
(4) The failure of the occupier or owner to give this notification after
the expiry of the time limit is followed by another letter asking
whether the necessary works have been carried out.
(5) In the event of a second unsatisfactory report an inspection is made
of the premises and if the work has not been completed, the owner
or occupier is then informed that the Council will be recommended
to take proceedings.
(6) Requests are received from architects and surveyors to discuss the
installation of lifts, and these often mean that several visits have to
be made.
Officers of health departments have no formal training in mechanical engineering,
and therefore find it difficult to distinguish the mechanical problem requiring a mechanical
remedy from a safety problem requiring a non-mechanical or legal remedy. Notwithstanding
this difficulty, owners and occupiers have been co-operative.
During the year 113 reports were received.