The Lifts Regulations 2016

[F1 3.2.   The quality system shall ensure compliance of the safety components for lifts with the conditions referred to in point 1. All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer shall be documented in a systematic and orderly manner in the form of written policies, procedures and instructions. This quality system documentation shall permit a consistent interpretation of the quality programmes, plans, manuals and records. E+W+S

It shall contain in particular an adequate description of:

(a) the quality objectives and the organizational structure, responsibilities and powers of the management with regard to the design and product quality;

(b) the technical design specifications, including standards that will be applied and, where the relevant designated standards will not be applied or not applied in full, the means, including other relevant technical specifications, that will be used to ensure that the conditions referred to in point 1 will be met;

(c) the design control and design verification techniques, processes and systematic actions that will be used when designing the safety components for lifts;

(d) the corresponding manufacturing, quality control and quality assurance techniques, processes and systematic actions that will be used;

(e) the examinations and tests that will be carried out before, during and after manufacture, and the frequency with which they will be carried out;

(f) the quality records, such as inspection reports and test data, calibration data, reports on the qualifications of the personnel concerned;

(g) the means of monitoring the achievement of the required design and product quality and the effective operation of the quality system.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 11-19 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 22 para. 44 (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)