Regulation 21 Monitoring of safety components for lifts made available on the market

(1)

When appropriate, having regard to the risks to the health and safety of end-users presented by a safety component for lifts, the manufacturer must—

(a)

carry out sample testing of safety components for lifts manufactured by it which are made available on the market;

(b)

investigate complaints that safety components for lifts manufactured by it are not in conformity with Part 2;

(c)

keep distributors and installers informed of actions carried out under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).

(2)

A manufacturer must keep a register and promptly make entries in that register of any—

(i)

complaints;

(ii)

safety components for lifts that are not in conformity with Part 2; and

(iii)

safety component for lifts recalls.

(3)

A manufacturer must keep an entry made in the register for a period of at least 10 years beginning on the day on which the obligation to make the entry arose.