Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act, 2000
[Gujarat Act, No. 4 of 2000]1*
[14thMarch, 2000]
Preamble
An Act to consolidate law relating to regulation of the construction, maintenance and safe operating of lifts and escalators and the machinery and apparatus pertaining thereto in the State of Gujarat.
It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Footnotes:
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For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gujarat Government Gazette, Extraordinary. Part-V, dated the 22nd February, 2000, p. 4-10.
*. This Act was assented to by the Governor on the 14th March, 2000.
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act, 2000.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Section 2 - Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "Baluster" means a short pillar slender above and bulging below;
(b) "Balustrade" means a row of balusters meant for supporting moving handrails;
(c) "Chief Inspector" and "Inspector" means respectively the person appointed to be the Chief Inspector of lifts and escalators and the Inspector of lifts and escalators under sub-section (1) of section 15;
(d) "combplate" means a pronged plate that forms part of an escalator landing and engages with the cleats of the steps at the limits of travel;
(e) "escalator" means a power driven inclined continuous stairway used for raising or lowering passengers;
(f) "escalator installation" includes the escalator, the track, the trusses or girders, the balustrading, the step treads and landings and all chains, wires and plants directly connected with the operation of the escalator;
(g) "licence" means a licence granted under section 4;
(h) "lift" means an appliance designed to transport persons or materials between two or more levels in a vertical or substantially vertical direction by means of a guided car or platform;
(i) "lift car" means the load carrying unit with its floor or platform car frame and enclosing body work;
(j) "lift installation" includes the lift car, the lift way, the lift way enclosure and the operating mechanism of the lift and all ropes, cables, wires and plant, directly connected with the operation of the lift;
(k) "power" means any form of energy which is not generated by human or animal agency;
(l)"prescribed" means prescribed by rules;
(m) "rated speed" means the speed at which the lift or escalator is designed to operate;
(n) "rules" means rules made under this Act.
Section 3 - Permission to erect lift or escalator
(1) Every owner of a place intending to instal a lift or an escalator in such place after the commencement of this Act, shall make an application in such form as may be prescribed, to such officer as the state Government may authorise in this behalf, for permission to erect such lift or escalator. Such application shall specify-
(a) the type of the lift or escalator;
(b) the rated maximum speed of the lift or the speed at which the escalator is designed to operate;
(c) the maker's or designer's rated capacity in weight;
(d) the maximum number of passengers in addition to the lift operator which the lift can carry;
(e) the total weight of the lift car carrying the maximum load;
(f) the weight of the counter weight of the lift;
(g) the number, description, weight and size of the supporting cables of the lift or escalator;
(h) the depth of the pit from the lowest part of the car when at the lowest floor of lift;
(i) such details of the construction of the overhead arrangement with the weights and size of the beams for the lift, as may be prescribed;
(j) angle of inclination for escalator;
(k) type of balustrading in escalator;
(l)the width between balustrades in escalator;
(m) details of handrails, steps treads, landing, combplates, trusses or girders and step wheel tracks in escalator;
(n) the rated load in Kilogrammes on escalator;
(o) the factor of safety based on the static loads in the lift or escalator; and
(p) such other particulars as may be prescribed.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the officer authorised under this section shall, after making such inquiry and requiring the applicant to furnish such information as may be necessary, forward the application with his remarks to the Chief Inspector. The Chief Inspector may there upon either grant or refuse the permission to erect lift or escalator. The permission so granted shall be valid for a period of six months from the date on which it is granted or for such further period not exceeding six months as may be allowed by the Chief Inspector for sufficient reasons.
(3) On grant of permission under sub-section (2), the owner shall get his lift or escalator erected by a person authorised under section 13.
Section 4 - Licence to use lift or escalator
(1) The owner who is permitted to instal a lift or escalator under section 3 shall, within one month after the completion of erection of such lift or escalator, make an application to such officer as the State Government may authorise in this behalf, for a licence for operating the lift or an escalator.
(2) An application for licence made under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed.
(3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), such officer may, after making such inquiry as may be necessary, forward the application with his remarks to the Chief Inspector.
(4) If the Chief Inspector is satisfied that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the provisions of this Act. he may grant the licence to use lift or escalator in such form and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed:
Provided that where the Chief Inspector...
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