| Every
employer shall ensure that: |
| 1.
Where the safety of work equipment depends on the installation conditions, it
is inspected - |
a. After installation
and before being put into service for the first time; or |
b.
After assembly at a new site or in a new location, as ensure that it has been
installed correctly and is safe to operate. |
| 2.
Work equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration which is liable to
result in dangerous situations is inspected - |
a.
at suitable intervals; and |
b.
each time that exceptional circumstances which are liable to jeopardize the safety
of the work equipment have occurred, |
c.
To ensure that the health and safety conditions are maintained and that any deterioration
can be detected and remedied in good time. |
| 3.
The result of an inspection made under this regulation is recorded and kept until
the next inspection under this regulation is recorded. |
| 4.
No work equipment- |
a. leaves
his undertaking; or |
b.
if obtained from an undertaking of another person, is used in his undertaking,
unless it is accompanied by physical evidence that the last inspection required
to be carried out under this regulation has been carried out. |
| 5.
This regulation does not apply to:- |
a.
a power press to which regulations 32 to 35 apply |
b.
a guard or protection device for the tools of such power press; |
c.
work equipment for lifting loads including persons; |
d.
winding apparatus to which the mines, (shafts & winding) regulations 1993
apply |
e.
work equipment required to be inspected by regulations 29 of the construction
(Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 apply. |
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