S.I. No. 41/1991:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ELECTRICALLY, HYDRAULICALLY OR OIL-ELECTRICALLY OPERATED LIFTS) REGULATIONS, 1991.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ELECTRICALLY, HYDRAULICALLY OR OIL-ELECTRICALLY OPERATED LIFTS) REGULATIONS, 1991.

I, DESMOND O'MALLEY, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 90/486/EEC of 17 September, 1990¹ amending Directive 84/529/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrically operated lifts, hereby make the following Regulations:

1.-- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Electrically, Hydraulically or Oil-electrically Operated Lifts) Regulations, 1991.

(2). These Regulations shall come into operation on the 24th day of March, 1991.

2. Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Electrically Operated Lifts) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 227 of 1989 ), is hereby amended by:

( a ) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "Separate Directive":

" 'Separate Directive' means Council Directive 84/529/EEC as amended by Commission Directive 86/312/EEC and Council Directive 90/486/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrically, hydraulically or oil-electrically operated lifts;";

( b ) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "lift":

"lift' means any permanently installed hoisting appliance electrically, hydraulically or oil-electrically driven serving specific levels, having a car designed for the transport of persons or of persons and goods, suspended by ropes or chains or supported by one or more ramps and moving at least partially between guides which are vertical or inclined at an angle of less than 15 degrees to the vertical but excluding--

¹ O.J. No. L270, 2.10.90, p.21.

( a ) lifts specially designed for military or research purposes, or those used as equipment on ships, on offshore prospecting and drilling rigs, in mines or for the handling of radioactive materials;

( b ) lifts intended exclusively for the transport of goods;

( c ) any of the following hoisting appliances: paternosters, rack-and-pinion elevators, screw-driven elevators, theatre elevators, loading appliances, skips, lifts and goods hoists on building or public works sites, construction or maintenance equipment and lifts specially constructed for transporting the handicapped;".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of March, 1991.

DESMOND O'MALLEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to give legal effect to Council Directive 90/486/EEC of 17 September, 1990 amending Directive 84/529/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrically operated lifts. The effect of Directive 90/486/EEC is to extend the provisions relating to type examination and EEC marking of electrically operated lifts under Directive 84/529/EEC to hydraulically and oil-electrically operated lifts.