1. The user shall ensure that every lift, escalator or passenger conveyor is inspected and tested in accordance with SABS 1545-10 or the SABS 1543 specification, as the case may be, before such lift, escalator or passenger conveyor is put in use for the first time or after modifications have been affected and at intervals not exceeding 36 months thereafter, by a registered person who shall complete the comprehensive report separately for each lift, escalator or passenger conveyor so inspected and tested and such registered person shall date and sign such report and submit said report within 30 days to the user who shall keep the report in a safe place in the machine room or machine compartment.
2. An inspector may at any reasonable time inspect any lift, escalator or passenger conveyor and the user shall place free of charge at the disposal of the inspector, any workmen and equipment as may be reasonably required by the inspector for the purposes of making such inspection.