1. The user shall designate a competent person or firm employing a competent person to examine and maintain a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor at least once a month or at such longer intervals as may be prescribed by the manufacturer of such lift, escalator or passenger conveyor: Provided that an inspector may prescribe any examining intervals he deems necessary.
2. At an examination referred to in subregulation (1), the competent person shall examine the parts as prescribed by the relevant manufacturer or an inspector: Provided that in the case of a lift he shall test all the gate and the door locks at each examination: Provided further that the suspension ropes of a lift shall be examined at six monthly intervals.
3. If an inspection, test or examination carried out in terms of subregulation (1), (2) or regulation 5.(1) shows that a weakness or defect exists whereby persons are endangered, the competent or registered person, as the case may be, shall report the weakness or defect forthwith to the user and the regional director and no person shall be conveyed or be allowed to be conveyed in or on such lift, escalator or passenger conveyor until such defect has been rectified to the satisfaction of a competent or registered person.
4. The user of a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor shall forthwith take steps to stop the working thereof, and to prevent the starting thereof if its use is or is likely to be dangerous.
5. The user of a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor and the person or firm responsible for the examinations referred to in subregulation (1) shall forthwith notify the regional director in writing of the name and address of the person or firm carrying out such examinations.