SCHEDULE 7Amendment of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

General1

1

The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

a

for “EC declaration of conformity” substitute “declaration of conformity”41;

b

for paragraph (b) of that definition, substitute—

b

the requirements for a declaration of conformity in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC; or

3

In regulation 9(1)(b)(thorough examination and inspection), for “an EC declaration of conformity” substitute “a declaration of conformity”.

4

In regulation 11(1) (keeping of information), for “an EC declaration of conformity” substitute “a declaration of conformity”.