# The Lifts Regulations 1997 (revoked) S.I. 1997/831 · made 14 March 1997 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text HEALTH AND SAFETY Made 14th March 1997 Laid before Parliament 17th March 1997 Coming into force 1st July 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation, commencement and revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: APPLICATION ## 3 Lifts, safety components and components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Excluded lifts and safety components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Lifts and safety components placed on the market and put into service before 1st July 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Exclusion until 30th June 1999 of lifts and safety components complying with provisions in force on 29th June 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Lifts where risks are wholly or partly covered by other directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ## 8 General duty relating to the placing on the market and putting into service of lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 General duty relating to the placing on the market and putting into service of safety components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 General duty relating to the supply of a lift or safety component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Specific duties relating to the supply of information, freedom from obstruction of lift shafts and retention of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Exceptions to placing on the market or supply in respect of certain lifts and safety components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Conformity assessment procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Requirements fulfilled by the person who places a lift or safety component on the market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Notified bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Notified bodies appointed by the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Conditions for lifts and safety components being taken to conform with the provisions of the Lifts Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: ENFORCEMENT ## 19 Application of Schedule 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Defence of due diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Liability of persons other than the principal offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: (Annex I to the Lifts Directive) ### Preliminary Remarks ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 HAZARDS TO PERSONS OUTSIDE THE CAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 HAZARDS TO PERSONS IN THE CAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 OTHER HAZARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 MARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: (Annex II to the Lifts Directive) ## A Content of the EC declaration of conformity for safety components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Content of the EC declaration of conformity for installed lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: THE CE CONFORMITY MARKING AND OTHER INSCRIPTIONS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: (Annex IV to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: (Annex V to the Lifts Directive) ## A EC type-examination of safety components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B EC type-examination of lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: (Annex VI to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: (Annex VIII to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Quality assurance system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: (Annex IX to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Quality assurance system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: (Annex X to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: (Annex XI to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: (Annex XII to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Quality assurance system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: (Annex XIII to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Quality assurance system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13: (Annex XIV to the Lifts Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Quality assurance system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14 EXCLUDED LIFTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15: ENFORCEMENT ## 1 Enforcement in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Enforcement in Northern Ireland in relation to relevant products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Forfeiture of relevant products for private use or consumption: England and Wales and Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Forfeiture of relevant products for private use or consumption: Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Duty of enforcement authority to inform Secretary of State of action taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/831 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-1997-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.