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The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960

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Periodic examination of chains, ropes, etc

37.—(1) Chains and lifting gear other than rope slings shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person at least once in every period of six months and reports of the results of such examinations, containing the prescribed particulars and signed by the person making or responsible for the carrying out of the examination, shall be kept in an approved manner and shall be available for inspection.

(2) Ropes and rope slings shall have been thoroughly examined by a competent person within the immediately preceding period of three months, or, in the case of a wire rope or wire rope sling in which such an examination has disclosed that a wire of the rope has broken, one month, and reports of the results of such examinations, containing the prescribed particulars and signed by the person making or responsible for the carrying out of the examination, shall be kept in an approved manner and shall be available for inspection.

(3) Nothing in this Regulation shall apply to chains, ropes or lifting gear—

(a)to which the Docks Regulations, 1934 apply and which satisfy the requirements of those Regulations; or

(b)which are permanently attached to a structure.

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