The Lifts Regulations 1997

Exceptions to placing on the market or supply in respect of certain lifts and safety components

12.  For the purposes of regulation 8, 9 or 10, a lift or a safety component shall not be regarded as being placed on the market or supplied—

(a)where that lift or safety component—

(i)will be put into service in a country outside the Community; or

(ii)is imported into the Community for re-export to a country outside the Community,

save that this paragraph shall not apply if the CE marking, or any inscription liable to be confused therewith, is affixed thereto or, in the case of a safety component, to its label; or

(b)by the exhibition at trade fairs and exhibitions of that lift or safety component, in respect of which the provisions of these Regulations are not satisfied, if—

(i)a notice is displayed in relation to the lift or safety component in question to the effect—

(aa)that it does not satisfy those provisions; and

(bb)that it may not be placed on the market or supplied until those provisions are satisfied, in the case of a lift, by the installer of the lift and, in the case of a safety component, by the manufacturer of the safety component or his authorised representative established in the Community; and

(ii)adequate safety measures are taken to ensure the safety of persons.