The Lifts Regulations 2016

PART 2 U.K. [F2 EU] declaration of conformity for safety components for lifts

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 heading omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 22 para. 42(6) (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

2.  The F3 ... declaration of conformity for safety components for lifts must contain the following information— E+W+S

(a) business name and address of the manufacturer;

(b) where appropriate, business name and address of the authorised representative;

(c) description of the safety component for lifts, details of type or series and serial number (if any); it may, where necessary for the identification of the safety component for lifts, include an image;

(d) safety function of the safety component for lifts, if not obvious from the description;

(e) year of manufacture of the safety component for lifts;

(f) all relevant provisions with which the safety component for lifts complies;

(g) a statement that the safety component for lifts is in conformity with the relevant Union harmonisation legislation;

(h) where appropriate, reference(s) to harmonised standard(s) used;

(i) where appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the [F4 approved] body which carried out the [F5 Type] examination of safety components for lifts set out in Part A of [F6 Schedule 11 and Schedule 13], and the reference of the [F5 Type] examination certificate issued by that [F4 approved] body;

(j) where appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the [F4 approved] body which carried out the conformity to type with random checking for safety components for lifts set out in [F7 Schedule 16];

(k) where appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the [F4 approved] body which approved the quality system operated by the manufacturer in accordance with the conformity assessment procedure set out in [F8 Schedule 13 or 14];

(l) the name and function of the person empowered to sign the declaration on behalf of the manufacturer or the manufacturer's authorised representative;

(m) place and date of signature;

(n) signature.

Extent Information

E1 This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

F3 Word in Sch. 5 para. 2 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 22 para. 42(7)(a) (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Word in Sch. 5 substituted (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. 42(3) (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Word in Sch. 5 para. 2(i) substituted (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. 42(7)(b)(i) (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Sch. 5 para. 2(i) substituted (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. 42(7)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Words in Sch. 5 para. 2(j) substituted (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. 42(7)(c) (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Words in Sch. 5 para. 2(k) substituted (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. 42(7)(d) (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

2.  The EU declaration of conformity for safety components for lifts must contain the following information— N.I.

(a) business name and address of the manufacturer;

(b) where appropriate, business name and address of the authorised representative;

(c) description of the safety component for lifts, details of type or series and serial number (if any); it may, where necessary for the identification of the safety component for lifts, include an image;

(d) safety function of the safety component for lifts, if not obvious from the description;

(e) year of manufacture of the safety component for lifts;

(f) all relevant provisions with which the safety component for lifts complies;

(g) a statement that the safety component for lifts is in conformity with the relevant Union harmonisation legislation;

(h) where appropriate, reference(s) to harmonised standard(s) used;

(i) where appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the notified body which carried out the EU-type examination of safety components for lifts set out in Part A of Annex IV and Annex VI to the Directive (as amended from time to time), and the reference of the EU- type examination certificate issued by that notified body;

(j) where appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the notified body which carried out the conformity to type with random checking for safety components for lifts set out in Annex IX to the Directive (as amended from time to time);

(k) where appropriate, the name, address and identification number of the notified body which approved the quality system operated by the manufacturer in accordance with the conformity assessment procedure set out in Annex VI or VII to the Directive (as amended from time to time);

(l) the name and function of the person empowered to sign the declaration on behalf of the manufacturer or the manufacturer's authorised representative;

(m) place and date of signature;

(n) signature.

Extent Information

E2 This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only