{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifting-operations-and-lifting-equipment-regulations-1998/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifting-operations-and-lifting-equipment-regulations-1998/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2307",
  "legislation_title": "The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifting-operations-and-lifting-equipment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Reports and defects",
  "text": "(1) A person making a thorough examination for an employer under regulation 9 shall—\n(a) notify the employer forthwith of any defect in the lifting equipment which in his opinion is or could become a danger to persons;\n(b) as soon as is practicable make a report of the thorough examination in writing authenticated by him or on his behalf by signature or equally secure means and containing the information specified in Schedule 1 to—\n(i) the employer; and\n(ii) any person from whom the lifting equipment has been hired or leased;\n(c) where there is in his opinion a defect in the lifting equipment involving an existing or imminent risk of serious personal injury send a copy of the report as soon as is practicable to the relevant enforcing authority.\n(2) A person making an inspection for an employer under regulation 9 shall—\n(a) notify the employer forthwith of any defect in the lifting equipment which in his opinion is or could become a danger to persons;\n(b) as soon as is practicable make a record of the inspection in writing.\n(3) Every employer who has been notified under paragraph (1) shall ensure that the lifting equipment is not used—\n(a) before the defect is rectified; or\n(b) in a case to which sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 applies, after a time specified under that sub-paragraph and before the defect is rectified.\n(4) In this regulation “relevant enforcing authority” means—\n(a) where the defective lifting equipment has been hired or leased by the employer, the Executive; and\n(b) otherwise, the enforcing authority for the premises in which the defective lifting equipment was thoroughly examined.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in force at 5.12.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2307/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:30.751401+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}