Lift maintenance and inspection

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B12. Lift maintenance and inspection

B12.1. Maintenance

B12.1.1. Lifts should be regularly maintained by competent

personnel.

B12.2. Inspection

B12,2.l. (1) Lifts should be inspected before being put into

service, and at regular intervals thereafter.

(2) These inspections, if not carried out by a public authority,

should be carried out by a body or person licensed by the public

authorities (when such licensing exists in the country concerned),

such body or person to be as far as possible independent of the

manufacturer and of the organisation in charge of the maintenance.

B12.3. Register

B 12.3.1. The specifications of the lift should be entered in

a register to which should be appended the layout drawings and

the electric wiring diagrams.

B 12.3.2. The dates and findings of the inspections mentioned

in B12.2 should be entered in the register.

B12.3.3. The register should be in the keeping of the organi-

sation in charge of the maintenance.

B12.3.4. A copy of the register or part thereof should be

given to the owner of the lift on request.

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