# The Lifts Regulations 2016, Regulation 31: 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 importer must—
(a) carry out sample testing of safety components for lifts made available on the market by the importer;
(b) investigate complaints that safety components for lifts made available on the market by the importer are not in conformity with Part 2;
(c) keep distributors and installers informed of any actions carried out under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).
(2) An importer must keep a register and must 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 components for lifts recalls.
(3) An importer 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1093/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-2016/regulation-31
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