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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (85/1993), AS AMENDED: INCORPORATION OF SAFETY STANDARDS INTO LIFT, ESCALATOR AND PASSENGERS CONVEYOR REGULATIONS, 2010

Posted 12 June 2018

The chief inspector in terms of section 27(1) of the OHSA, and by virtue of the powers delegated to him by the Minister of Labour in terms of section 42(1) of the OHSA, after consultation with the Advisory Council for Occupational Health and Safety, hereby, under section 44 of the OHSA as amended, amends the schedule in the Lift, Escalator and Passenger Conveyor Regulations, 2010 by replacing SANS 50081-1 and SANS 50081-2 with SANS 50081-20 and SANS 50081-5.

In the interim units sold and installed are expected to comply with either SANS 50081-1 and SANS 50081-2 or SANS 50081-20 and SANS 50081-50.

Units sold after 29 November 2019 will have to comply with requirements of SANS 50081-20 and SANS 50081-50 only.