1. No person shall install or permit the installation of a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor unless -
a. he has notified the regional director hereof in the form of Annexure 1, who shall allocate an official number for the lift, escalator or passenger conveyor; (The forms are all available in Word for Windows format. See the Forms section for more details.)
b. he has been allocated the official number contemplated in paragraph (a); and
c. such installation meets the requirements of these regulations and complies with the standards and specifications incorporated into these regulations in terms of section 44 of the Act.
2. Subject to the provisions of subregulation (4), no person shall put into use or require or permit the use of a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor unless he is in possession of a comprehensive report issued in terms of regulation 5(1) : Provided that such report is completed by a registered person and is not older than 36 months: Provided further that a new comprehensive report shall be compiled after each modification to or failure of, such lift, escalator or passenger conveyor.
3. Whenever there is a change in the designation of the competent person or firm designated to examine and maintain a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor in terms of regulation 6.(1), the user shall obtain a new comprehensive report.
4. Subregulation (2) shall apply only after 1 May 1997 to a lift, escalator or passenger conveyor registered with the Department prior to the commencement of these regulations.
5. The user of a lift which does not operate automatically, shall appoint the operator of such lift in writing and instruct him in the dangers of its operation.