Lift, Escalator and Passenger Conveyor Regulations, 1994
4. Particulars of lifts, escalators or passenger conveyors

 

 

1.    The user shall ensure that every lift, escalator or passenger conveyor is marked in the machine room or machine compartment, as the case may be, in a conspicuous place, with the following particulars:

a.    the name of the manufacturer;

b.    the year of installation;

c.    the official number contemplated in regulation 2(1)(a);

d.    the rated speed; and

e.    the rated load in kilograms.

2.    Where machinery of more than one lift, escalator or passenger conveyor is installed in one room or compartment, as the case may be, the user shall ensure that all machinery and switchgear of each unit are distinctly and permanently marked with the same distinguishing mark which shall differ from the distinguishing mark of machinery and switch-gear of any other unit in that room or compartment.

3.    The user shall keep an up-to-date legible schematic electrical wiring diagram in respect of every lift, escalator or passenger conveyor in a safe place in the machine room or machine compartment, as the case may be.

4.    The user shall affix or cause to be affixed in a conspicuous place at the main landing of every lift and at every escalator and passenger conveyor, the name and telephone number of the competent person or firm appointed in terms of regulation 6(1).