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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008/schedule-2/part-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1597",
  "legislation_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/5",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Annex V: Indicative list of safety components",
  "text": "1.\nGuards for removable mechanical transmission devices.\n2.\nProtective devices designed to detect the presence of persons.\n3.\nPower-operated interlocking movable guards designed to be used as safeguards in machinery referred to in Annex IV (Part 4 of this Schedule), points 9, 10 and 11.\n4.\nLogic units to ensure safety functions.\n5.\nValves with additional means for failure detection intended for the control of dangerous movements on machinery.\n6.\nExtraction systems for machinery emissions.\n7.\nGuards and protective devices designed to protect persons against moving parts involved in the process on the machinery.\n8.\nMonitoring devices for loading and movement control in lifting machinery.\n9.\nRestraint systems to keep persons on their seats.\n10.\nEmergency stop devices.\n11.\nDischarging systems to prevent the build-up of potentially dangerous electrostatic charges.\n12.\nEnergy limiters and relief devices referred to in Annex I (Part 1 of this Schedule), sections 1.5.7, 3.4.7 and 4.1.2.6.\n13.\nSystems and devices to reduce the emission of noise and vibrations.\n14.\nRoll-over protective structures (ROPS).\n15.\nFalling-object protective structures (FOPS).\n16.\nTwo-hand control devices.\n17.\nComponents for machinery designed for lifting and/or lowering persons between different landings and included in the following list:\n(a)\ndevices for locking landing doors;\n(b)\ndevices to prevent the load-carrying unit from falling or unchecked upwards movement;\n(c)\noverspeed limitation devices;\n(d)\nenergy-accumulating shock absorbers,\nnon-linear, or\nwith damping of the return movement;\n(e)\nenergy-dissipating shock absorbers;\n(f)\nsafety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where these are used as devices to prevent falls;\n(g)\nelectric safety devices in the form of safety switches containing electronic components.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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