# Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. This Regulation applies to new cableway installations designed to transport persons, to modifications of cableway installations requiring a new authorisation, and to subsystems and safety components for cableway installations.
2. This Regulation does not apply to the following:
(a) lifts covered by the Lifts Regulations 2016;
(b) cableway installations that are categorised by the Cableway Installations Regulations 2018 as historic, cultural or heritage installations, that entered into service before 1 January 1986 and that are still in operation, and that have not had any significant changes in design or construction, including subsystems and safety components specifically designed for them;
(c) installations intended for agricultural or forestry purposes;
(d) cableway installations for the service of mountain shelters and huts intended only for the transport of goods and specifically designated persons;
(e) on-site or mobile equipment exclusively designed for leisure and amusement purposes and not as a means for transporting persons;
(f) mining installations or other industrial on-site installations used for industrial activities;
(g) installations in which the users or their carriers are waterborne.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/424/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-424/article-2
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