Regulation 14 Testing of lifting plant
Subject to paragraph (3), no lifting plant shall be used—
after manufacture or installation; or
after any repair or modification which is likely to require an alteration to the safe working load or affect the lifting plant’s strength or stability,
without first being suitably tested by a competent person except in the case of a rope sling manufactured from rope which has been tested by a competent person and spliced in a safe manner.
Subject to paragraph (3), a lifting appliance which is on board a ship and is the property of the ship owner or is rented, leased or otherwise hired by him shall not be used unless it has been suitably tested by a competent person within the preceding five years.
This regulation shall not apply in relation to the use of lifting plant which is subject to the requirements of regulation 7 of the Merchant Shipping (Hatches and Lifting Plant) Regulations 1988f1.
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