{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-2016/regulation-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-2016/regulation-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1093",
  "legislation_title": "The Lifts Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifts-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Duty to take action in respect of safety components for lifts made available on the market which are not in conformity with Part 2",
  "text": "(1) A distributor, who considers, or has reason to believe, that a safety component for lifts which the distributor has made available on the market is not in conformity with Part 2, must make sure that the necessary corrective measures are taken to—\n(a) bring that safety component for lifts into conformity;\n(b) withdraw the safety component for lifts; or\n(c) recall the safety component for lifts.\n(2) Where the safety component for lifts presents a risk, the distributor must immediately inform the market surveillance authority... of that risk, giving details of—\n(a) the respect in which the safety component for lifts is considered not to be in conformity with Part 2; and\n(b) any corrective measures taken.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 40(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 22 para. 22 (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1093/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:14.209632+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."
}