S.I. No. 426/1981 - Safety in Industry (Vehicle Lifting Tables and Other Lifting Machines) (Register of Examinations) Regulations, 1981.


I, LIAM KAVANAGH, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of Section 35 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955) (inserted by section 28 (a) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980 (No. 9 of 1980)), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safety in Industry (Vehicle Lifting Tables and Other Lifting Machines) (Register of Examinations) Regulations, 1981.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1982.

2. The Register required by section 35 (2) of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955) (inserted by section 28 (a) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980 (No. 9 of 1980)), to be kept with respect to the examination of vehicle lifting tables and other lifting machines shall contain the following particulars:

(a) the name of occupier of relevant factory,

(b) the address of such factory,

(c) the distinguishing number or mark (if any) and the description sufficient to identify the vehicle lifting table or other lifting machine concerned,

(d) the date of each examination made under the said section 35 (2) and the name of the person by whom it was carried out, and

(e) particulars of any defect found on any such examination which affects the safe working load of the lifting machine concerned together with particulars of the steps taken to remedy such defect.

3. The Cranes and other Lifting Machines (Register of Examinations) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 179 of 1956 ) are hereby revoked.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of December, 1981.

LIAM KAVANAGH,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be legal interpretation.)

These Regulations prescribe the particulars for entry in the Register required by section 35 (2) of the Factories Act (as amended by section 28 (a) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980 ) and revoke the Cranes and other Lifting Machines (Register of Examinations) Regulations, 1956.