http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/816The Cableway Installations Regulations 2018texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseTRANSPORT2024-06-19Expert Participation2020-12-31 These Regulations provide for the regulation of cableways installations, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9th March 2016 on cableway installations (OJ No L 81, 31.3.2016, p.1.) (“Regulation 2016/424/EU”) and for related enforcement. 2018 No. 816Made3rd July 2018Laid before Parliament9th July 2018Coming into force30th July 2018The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 .The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to cableway installations designed to carry people and components of such installations. PART 1 1These Regulations may be cited as the Cableway Installations Regulations 2018 and come into force on 30th July 2018.2The following instruments are revoked—athe Cableway Installations Regulations 2004 ; andbthe Cableway Installations (Amendment) Regulations 2004 .3In these Regulations—“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 ;“the 1978 Order” means the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 ;“RAMS” means Regulation (EC) 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/935 ;“Regulation 2016/424/EU” means Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC ; “approved body” means a conformity assessment body— which has been approved by the Secretary of State under Article 22 of Regulation 2016/424/EU; orwhich was a notified body under these Regulations immediately before IP completion day;“authorised cableway installation” means a cableway installation which has been given a stage 1 or stage 2 authorisation or both;“cableway installation” has the meaning given by Article 3(1) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“cableway installation documentation” means the documentation concerning the characteristics of the cableway installation referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“conformity assessment body” has the meaning given by Article 3(23) of Regulation 2016/424/EU; “declaration of conformity” means the declaration of conformity referred to in Article 19 of Regulation 2016/424/EU; “distributor” has the meaning given by Article 3(16) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“economic operator” has the meaning given by Article 3(17) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“entry into service” has the meaning given by Article 3(12) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“essential requirements” means the essential requirements set out in Annex II to Regulation 2016/424/EU and required to be met under Article 6 of that Regulation;...“the Executive” means—in Great Britain, the Health and Safety Executive ; andin Northern Ireland, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland ;“importer” has the meaning given by Article 3(15) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“main contractor” means a person who:commissions the construction or modification of a cableway installation; orconstructs or modifies a cableway installation which that person intends to put into service;“manufacturer” has the meaning given by Article 3(13) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“modification” means any work in relation to a cableway installation (including any work in relation to the characteristics, subsystems or safety components of such installation) which could materially affect the capability, capacity or safety of the cableway installation;...“operator” in relation to a cableway installation means a person who, for the time being has, or is intending to have, management of that installation;“Regulatory Provisions” means these Regulations, Regulation 2016/424/EU and RAMS;“safe” in relation to a cableway installation, or a subsystem and safety component incorporated or to be incorporated into a cableway installation, means that it is not liable to endanger the health or safety of persons or property, when properly installed, maintained and operated in accordance with its intended purpose;“safety analysis” means the safety analysis required to be carried out under Article 8 of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“safety component” has the meaning given by Article 3(4) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“safety report” means the report setting out the results of the safety analysis required under Article 8(5) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“stage 1 authorisation” means an authorisation of work for the construction or modification of a cableway installation given by the Secretary of State under regulation 8(1);“stage 2 authorisation” means an authorisation for the putting into service of a cableway installation given by the Secretary of State under regulation 8(3);“subsystem” has the meaning given by Article 3(2) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“technical file” means a file relating to a cableway installation which contains the safety report, the declaration of conformity and other documents relating to the conformity of subsystems and safety components as well as the documentation concerning the characteristics of the cableway installation as referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;“writing” includes any text transmitted using electronic communications that is received, or accessible by the person to whom it is sent, in legible form.41The cableway installations listed in the Schedule are categorised as historic, cultural or heritage installations for the purposes of point (b) of Article 2(2) of Regulation 2016/424/EU.2The provisions of Parts 2 to 4 of these Regulations do not apply to the cableway installations referred to in paragraph 1, unless significant changes are made in their design or construction, including subsystems or safety components specifically designed for them. PART 2 51A person must not carry out or permit to be carried out works for the construction or modification of a cableway installation otherwise than under and in accordance with a stage 1 authorisation.2The main contractor is responsible for carrying out the safety analysis and preparing the safety report required under Article 8 of Regulation 2016/424/EU.3The instruction manual and the corresponding notes relating to the cableway installation must be drawn up in English.4For the purposes of paragraph (1), a stage 1 authorisation includes a stage 1 authorisation given by the Secretary of State under regulation 13(1) of the Cableway Installations Regulations 2004 before the date on which these Regulations come into force.61A person must not put into service a cableway installation otherwise than under and in accordance with a stage 2 authorisation.2For the purposes of this regulation, a cableway installation is put into service on its entry into service and this includes when it first enters service following the completion of works for its modification for which a stage 1 authorisation was required.3For the purposes of paragraph (1), a stage 2 authorisation includes a stage 2 authorisation given by the Secretary of State under regulation 13(3) of the Cableway Installations Regulations 2004 before the date on which these Regulations come into force.7The operator of a cableway installation must at all times whilst the cableway installation remains in service—akeep a copy of the technical file at the cableway installation; andbensure that the cableway installation complies with the conditions set out in the safety report and such conditions (if any) as are imposed in relation to its entry into service by the Secretary of State under regulation 15(3).PART 381The Secretary of State must authorise (or refuse to authorise) works for the construction or modification of a cableway installation in accordance with this Part.2An authorisation given under paragraph (1) is a stage 1 authorisation.3The Secretary of State must authorise (or refuse to authorise) the entry into service of a cableway installation in accordance with this Part.4An authorisation given under paragraph (3) is a stage 2 authorisation.9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2A conformity assessment body qualifies for approval if the conditions set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) are met.3The first condition is that the conformity assessment body has submitted an application to the Secretary of State to be approved, in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation 2016/424/EU.4The second condition is that the Secretary of State is satisfied that the conformity assessment body meets the requirements of Article 26 of Regulation 2016/424/EU.5When deciding whether to approve a conformity assessment body that qualifies for approval, the Secretary of State may—ahave regard to any other matter that appears to the Secretary of State to be relevant; andbset conditions that the conformity assessment body must meet including such conditions that are to apply upon or following the restriction, suspension or withdrawal of its status as an approved body.6Subject to paragraph (7), if at any time it appears to the Secretary of State—athat an approved body no longer meets the requirements laid down in Article 26 of Regulation 2016/424/EU; orbthat it is failing to meet its obligations,the Secretary of State may by written notice to that body specify a date on which its status as an approved body will be restricted, suspended or withdrawn, as appropriate depending on the seriousness of the failure to meet those requirements or obligations.7Before the Secretary of State restricts, suspends or withdraws the status of a conformity assessment body as an approved body under paragraph (6) the Secretary of State must—agive notice in writing to the approved body that the Secretary of State intends to take such action;bgive the approved body the opportunity to make representations within a period of 14 days beginning with the day on which such notice is given; andcconsider any representation made within that period by the approved body before making a decision on whether to take such action.8Where the Secretary of State has taken action in respect of an approved body under paragraph (6), or where an approved body has ceased its activity as a conformity assessment body, the body must—aon the request of the Secretary of State, transfer its files relating to the activities it has undertaken as an approved body to another approved body, to the Secretary of State, or to the Executive;bin the absence of a request under sub-paragraph (a), ensure that its files relating to the activities it has undertaken as an approved body are kept available for the Secretary of State and the Executive for a period of 10 years beginning on the day on which the relevant document was created.11The Secretary of State may authorise the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to carry out the following activities on behalf of the Secretary of State–—aassessing whether a conformity assessment body meets the requirements of Article 26 of Regulation 2016/424/EU; andbmonitoring approved bodies in relation to their compliance with the requirements of Chapter 4 of Regulation 2016/424/EU.121Subject to paragraph (2), an approved body may charge such fees in connection with, or incidental to, carrying out its duties in relation to its functions as it may determine.2The fees charged pursuant to paragraph (1) must not exceed the sum of the following—athe sum of the costs incurred or to be incurred by the approved body in carrying out the relevant work on behalf of the person commissioning the work; andban amount on account of profit which is reasonable in the circumstances having regard to—ithe character and extent of the work done or to be done by the approved body on behalf of the person commissioning the work, andiithe commercial rate normally charged on account of profit for that work or similar work.3The Secretary of State may charge such reasonable fee in connection with, or incidental to, carrying out the Secretary of State's functions under this Part as the Secretary of State may determine.4The power in paragraphs (1) and (3) includes the power to require the payment of a fee or a reasonable estimate of the fee, in respect of the work commissioned in advance of carrying out that work.131An application for a stage 1 authorisation must be made by the main contractor.2An application for a stage 1 authorisation must be made in writing to the Secretary of State and accompanied by—athe relevant fee determined in accordance with regulation 12(3); andbthe cableway installation documentation and the safety report.3Where an application is made for a stage 1 authorisation for the modification of an authorised cableway installation, the content of the cableway installation documentation required to be submitted under paragraph (2) may be limited to matters relating to the modification and its repercussions on the cableway installation as a whole.141An application for a stage 2 authorisation must be made by the operator.2An application for a stage 2 authorisation must be made in writing to the Secretary of State and accompanied by—athe relevant fee determined in accordance with regulation 12(3); andbthe technical file.3Where an application is made for a stage 2 authorisation for a cableway installation to enter into service following a modification for which a stage 1 authorisation has been required, the content of the technical file required to be submitted under paragraph (2) may be limited to matters relating to the modification and its repercussions on the cableway installation as a whole.151The Secretary of State must grant a stage 1 authorisation if satisfied that—athe requirements of Regulation 2016/424/EU are likely to be complied with both as regards the construction or modification of the cableway installation itself and as regards the subsystems or safety components incorporated into it; andbthe cableway installation, when constructed or modified, including such subsystems or safety components, is likely to meet the essential requirements applicable to them and be safe.2The Secretary of State must grant a stage 2 authorisation if satisfied that—athe cableway installation has been designed and constructed in such a way as to comply with the requirements of Regulation 2016/424/EU;bthe cableway installation and the subsystem and safety components incorporated into it are not liable to endanger the health or safety of persons or property when properly maintained and operated in accordance with their intended purpose; andcthe cableway installation has been constructed or modified in accordance with any measures specified in the safety report.3The Secretary of State may grant a stage 1 authorisation or a stage 2 authorisation subject to compliance with such conditions as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate for the purposes of ensuring that the cableway installation complies with the essential requirements and is safe.4The conditions referred to in paragraph (3) must include conditions specified in the safety report imposing restrictions on the operation of the cableway installation and conditions with regard to its servicing, supervision, adjustment and maintenance.5The Secretary of State must consider any application for a stage 1 or stage 2 authorisation except where—athe applicant has failed to make an application in relation to—ia stage 1 authorisation that complies with regulation 13, oriia stage 2 authorisation that complies with regulation 14;bthe documents submitted to the Secretary of State are not in English; orcthe applicant has not submitted the fee which the Secretary of State requires to be submitted pursuant to regulation 12(3).6In relation to the modification of a cableway installation, references in this regulation to compliance with Regulation 2016/424/EU or meeting the “essential requirements” are to be construed as applying only in respect of the modification of the cableway installation and its repercussions on the installation as a whole.16Where the Secretary of State is minded to refuse to grant a stage 1 authorisation or a stage 2 authorisation the Secretary of State must–agive notice in writing to the applicant of the reasons for being so minded; andbgive the applicant the opportunity to make representations within a period of 28 days beginning with the day that notice is given, and consider any such representations made by the applicant within that period before taking a decision on whether to refuse the authorisation.17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 20The Executive is designated as the market surveillance authority for the purposes of ... RAMS in its application to subsystems and safety components.211The Executive must make adequate arrangements for the enforcement of the Regulatory Provisions in Great Britain and accordingly a reference to an “enforcing authority” in the provisions applied for the purposes of such enforcement by paragraphs (2) and (3) is to be construed as a reference to the Executive.2Subject to paragraph (4), the provisions of the 1974 Act specified in paragraph (3) apply for the purposes of the enforcement the Regulatory Provisions as if they were health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Act, and any function of the Executive under those or any other provisions of the 1974 Act, under or in respect of health and safety regulations (including their enforcement) are exercisable as if the Regulatory Provisions were health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Act.3The provisions of the 1974 Act are—asections 19 to 22 (inspectors, improvement notices and prohibition notices);bsection 23 (provisions supplementary to 21 and 22) and 24 (appeal against improvement or prohibition notice);csections 25A (power of customs officers to detain articles and substances) and 26 (power to indemnify inspectors);dsection 27 (obtaining of information) and section 27A (information communicated by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise);esection 33(1)(c) and (e) to (o), section 33(2) and sections 34 to 42 (provisions as to offences);fsection 46 (service of notices);gsection 48(1) to (3) (application to the Crown); andhSchedule 3A.4A failure to discharge a duty placed on the Executive by the Regulatory Provisions is not an offence under section 33(1)(c) of the 1974 Act.221The Executive must make adequate arrangements for the enforcement of the Regulatory Provisions in Northern Ireland and accordingly a reference to an “enforcing authority” in the provisions applied for the purposes of such enforcement by paragraphs (2) and (3) is to be construed as a reference to the Executive.2Subject to paragraph (4), the provisions of the 1978 Order specified in paragraph (3) apply for the purposes of the enforcement in Northern Ireland of the Regulatory Provisions as if they were health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Order, and any function of the Executive under those or any other provisions of that Order, under or in respect of health and safety regulations (including their enforcement) apply as if the Regulatory Provisions were health and safety regulations for the purposes of that Order.3The provisions of the 1978 Order referred to in paragraph (2) are—aarticles 21 to 24 (inspectors, improvement notices and prohibition notices);barticles 25 (provisions supplementary to articles 23 and 24) and 26 (appeal against improvement or prohibition notice);carticle 27A (power of customs officers to detain articles and substances);darticle 28 (power to indemnify inspectors);earticle 29 (obtaining of information) and article 29A (information communicated by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise);farticle 31(1)(c) and (e) to (i) and (k) to (o), article 31(2) and articles 32 to 39 (provisions as to offences);garticles 44(1) to (3) (application to the Crown); andhSchedule 3A.4A failure to discharge a duty placed on the Executive by the Regulatory Provisions is not an offence under article 31(1)(c) of the 1978 Order.231This paragraph applies—awhere the Executive has—irequired an economic operator to take corrective action in relation to a subsystem or safety component in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 40 of Regulation 2016/424/EU; andiithe economic operator has not taken adequate corrective action within the period prescribed by the Executive under that paragraph; ...b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Where paragraph (1) applies, the Executive must serve a notice on any relevant economic operator—aprohibiting or restricting it from making the relevant subsystem or safety component available on the market; orbrequiring it to withdraw or recall the subsystem or safety component from the market.3A notice served under paragraph (2) must be in writing and must specify the date by which the economic operator must comply with it.4Any notice served under paragraph (2) may be withdrawn by the Executive serving written notice on the economic operator.5Where a notice has been served on an economic operator under paragraph (2), the economic operator must comply with it.6A notice may not be served under paragraph (2) in relation to any subsystem or safety component in respect of which the Executive has served an improvement notice or prohibition notice under section 21 or 22 of the 1974 Act or the equivalent provision in 1978 Order where that notice remains in force.7In this regulation a “relevant economic operator” means any economic operator who has placed or made available or who is proposing to place or make available on the market a subsystem of safety component in respect of which paragraph (1) applies.241If the Executive is of the opinion that an authorised cableway installation that has been put into service in accordance with its intended purpose is not safe, the Executive may serve a notice on the operator to prohibit the use of or to impose conditions of operation in relation to that cableway installation.2A notice served under paragraph (1) must contain the following information—aa statement that the Executive is of that opinion;bthe reasons for that opinion;ca direction that the cableway installation to which the notice relates—imust not be operated, oriithat it may only be operated provided certain conditions are met; anddthe date by which the operator must comply with the notice.3Any notice served under paragraph (1) may be withdrawn by the Executive serving written notice of the withdrawal on the operator.4Where a notice has been served on the operator under paragraph (1) the operator must comply with it.5This regulation does not apply to any cableway installation in respect of which the Executive has served an improvement notice or prohibition notice or both under section 21 or 22, as the case may be, of the 1974 Act or the equivalent provisions in the 1978 Order, and that notice remains in force.251Where the Executive has made a finding under paragraph (1) of Article 43 of Regulation 2016/424/EU and has required the relevant economic operator to put an end to the non-compliance concerned but that non-compliance persists, the Executive must serve a notice on the relevant economic operator—aprohibiting or restricting the subsystem or safety component from being made available on the market; orbrequiring it to withdraw or recall the subsystem or safety component from that market.2A notice served under paragraph (1) must be in writing and must specify the date by which the relevant economic operator must comply with it.3Any notice served under paragraph (1) may be withdrawn by the Executive serving written notice on the relevant economic operator.4Where a notice has been served on a relevant economic operator under paragraph (1), the relevant economic operator must comply with it.5In this regulation, a “relevant economic operator” means any economic operator who has placed or made available, or who is proposing to place or make available on the market, a subsystem or safety component in relation to which there has been a finding of non-compliance as referred to in paragraph (1).261Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, in any proceedings against any person (“P”) for an offence arising under or by virtue of these Regulations it is a defence for P to show that P took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.2Where in any proceedings against P for such an offence the defence provided in paragraph (1) involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to—athe act or default of another; orbreliance on information given by another,P is not, without the leave of the court, entitled to rely on the defence unless, within a period ending seven clear days before the hearing of the proceedings (or in Scotland, the trial diet), P has served a notice under paragraph (3) on the person bringing the proceedings.3A notice under this regulation must give such information identifying, or assisting in the identification of, the person who committed the act or default or gave the information as is in the possession of P at the time P serves the notice.4P is not entitled to rely on the defence provided by paragraph (1) by reason of P's reliance on information supplied by another, unless P shows that it was reasonable in all the circumstances for P to have relied on the information, having regard in particular—ato the steps which P took, and those which might reasonably have been taken, for the purpose of verifying the information; andbto whether P had any reason to disbelieve the information.271Where the commission by one person (“A”) of an offence arising under or by virtue of these Regulations is due to the act or default of some other person (“B”) in the course of any business of B's, B is guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished by virtue of this paragraph whether or not proceedings are taken against A.2Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence arising under or by virtue of these Regulations (including where it is so guilty by virtue of paragraph (1)) in respect of any act or default which is shown to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or anyone who was purporting to act in any such capacity, any such person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.3Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (2) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with that member's functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.4In this regulation, references to a “body corporate” include references to a partnership in Scotland and, in relation to such partnership, any reference to a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate is a reference to a partner. PART 5 281In the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 , in column (1) of Schedule 1, omit the words “The Cableway Installations Regulations 2004” and in column (2) omit the words “S.I. 2004/129”.2In the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 , in column (1) of Schedule 2, omit the words “The Cableway Installations Regulations 2004” and in column (2) omit the words “S.I. 2004/129”.291The Secretary of State must—acarry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations; andbpublish a report setting out the conclusions of that review.2In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Regulation 2016/424/EU is executed and enforced in other member States.3The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.4Subsequent reports under this regulation are to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.5Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that the reports published under this regulation must, in particular –aset out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),bassess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,cassess whether those objectives remain appropriate, anddif those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.6In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).Signed by authority of the Secretary of StateJesse Norman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

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