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Division 7.1

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

All lifting devices and accessories, including their component parts, attachments, anchorings and supports, must be:

  1. (a)

    properly designed and constructed and sufficiently strong for the use to which they are put;

  2. (b)

    correctly installed and used;

  3. (c)

    maintained in good working order;

  4. (d)

    checked and subjected to periodic tests and inspections in accordance with current legislation;

  5. (e)

    operated by qualified workers who have received appropriate training.

Notes on Division PART B

Editorial notes

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Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites (eighth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245 of 26 August 1992).

Notes on Division 7

Footnotes

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This point will be specified in the framework of the future Directive amending Directive 89/655/EEC, particularly with a view to supplementing point 3 of the Annex thereto.