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The Lifts Regulations 1997

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Conditions for lifts and safety components being taken to conform with the provisions of the Lifts Directive

18.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a lift or safety component which—

(a)bears the CE marking or, in the case of a safety component, the label attached to it bears that marking in accordance with regulation 8(2)(c) or 9(2)(c); and

(b)is accompanied by an EC declaration of conformity in accordance with regulation 8(2)(d) or 9(2)(d),

shall be taken to conform with all the provisions of these Regulations, which apply to it, including the appropriate conformity assessment procedure specified in regulation 13, unless there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that it does not so conform.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to an enforcement authority where a person fails or refuses to make available to the enforcement authority the documentation which he is required, by the conformity assessment procedure which applies to that lift or safety component, to retain or a copy thereof.

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