Pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations 1999, I, J. M. Chetwin, Secretary of Labour, give notice that all powered hoists are to
be exempt from the following subject to the condition specified below:
- The requirement for design verification as per Regulation 18;
- The requirement for fabrication inspection as per Regulation 19;
- The requirement for design verification and fabrication inspection as per Regulation 20;
- On condition there is a Statement of Conformity, attesting that the design and manufacture of the hoist has been assessed as acceptable, provided by one of the following Classification Societies:
American Bureau of Shipping
Bureau Veritas
Det Norske Veritas
Germanischer Lloyd
Lloyds Register
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of August 2002.
J. M. CHETWIN, Secretary of Labour.