Cap 59AC s 20 Test and examination prior to use (FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SUSPENDED WORKING PLATFORMS) REGULATION; FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	59AC	Title:	FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SUSPENDED WORKING PLATFORMS) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	20	Heading:	Test and examination prior to use	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) The owner of a suspended working platform shall ensure that it is not used for carrying persons unless it has been thoroughly examined by a competent examiner in the immediately preceding 6 months before its use and he has obtained a certificate in the approved form in which the competent examiner has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order.
(2) The owner of a suspended working platform shall ensure that it is not used for carrying persons unless it has been load tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner during the immediately preceding 12 months before its use and he has obtained a certificate in the approved form in which the competent examiner has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order.
(3) Notwithstanding the fact that an owner has complied with subsections (1) and (2), where a suspended working platform has subsequently undergone-

(a) substantial repair;

(b) re-erection, including erection following its removal to a different location;

(c) adjustment to any member of the suspended working platform, being an adjustment which involves changes in the arrangements for anchoring or supporting the suspended working platform; or

(d) failure or collapse,

the owner of the suspended working platform shall ensure that it is not used for carrying persons unless it has been further load tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner and the owner has obtained from him another certificate in the approved form in which he has made a statement to the effect that it is in safe working order.

(Enacted 1994)