UK Statutory Instrument 2016 United Kingdom

Lifts Regulations 2016

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What's here

52 compliance obligations, 3 practical guides across 2 topics · 2 journeys

Penalty landscape

6 of 52 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 46 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Manufacturer 22
  • Contractor 7
  • Distributor 5
  • Operator 2
  • Any Person 2
  • Licence Holder 1
  • Trader 1
  • Director or Officer 1

Plus 11 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

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Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Direct — cites this Act

1 guides

Supporting — topic alignment

2 guides

Other Acts binding the same actors

For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.

Manufacturers also bound by 82 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Contractors also bound by 56 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Distributors also bound by 33 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Operators also bound by 125 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Any Person also bound by 749 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Licence Holders also bound by 50 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Traders also bound by 219 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Directors and Officers also bound by 224 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1 — Preliminary

Browse 4 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.designated standard

Designated standard

Part 2 — Obligations of economic operators

Browse 8 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.conformity assessment procedure obligation which i

Conformity assessment procedure obligation which is met by complying with the Directive

s.further use of the uk marking

Further use of the UK marking

s.obligations which are met by complying with obliga

Obligations which are met by complying with obligations in the Directive

s.qualifying northern ireland goods

Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods

Part 3 — Conformity assessment

s.register of notified bodies established in the uni

Register of notified bodies established in the United Kingdom

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must maintain a public register of lift notified bodies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.uk(ni) indication

UK(NI) indication

  • Affix the UK(NI) indication for products sold in Northern Ireland Manufacturer

Part 4 — Approval of Conformity Assessment Bodies

No sections of this Part have been ingested yet.

Part 5 — Market surveillance and enforcement

s.061

Enforcement

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must enforce regulations for lifts and safety components Statutory regulator
s.066

EU safeguard procedure

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must restrict non-compliant lifts in Northern Ireland Crown / Minister / Government department
s.069

Restrictive measures

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must follow specific procedures when restricting or recalling lifts Statutory regulator
s.070

Offences

3 months imprisonment
  • Fail to comply with lift safety regulations (regs 6‑45) Any Person
s.080

Compensation

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcing authority must pay compensation for unjustified notices Statutory regulator
Browse 9 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 6 — Miscellaneous

No sections of this Part have been ingested yet.

Schedules

Browse 3 other Schedules — structural / supplementary

Other sections — not classified into a Part

These sections exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.

s.029

Instructions

  • Provide clear English instructions with lift safety components Manufacturer
s.054

Monitoring

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must monitor approved lift certification bodies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.058

Register of approved bodies

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must maintain a public register of approved bodies Crown / Minister / Government department
s.063

Exercise of enforcement powers

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • OPSS must follow specific procedures when taking enforcement action Statutory regulator
s.071

Penalties

3 months imprisonment
  • Breach of Regulation 70 – lift safety offence Any Person
Browse 14 other unclassified sections
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