On 20/06/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 20/06/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/06/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 01/03/2007.
5.
—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no owner of any lift shall commence the operation of any lift, or resume the operation of any lift after any major alteration or replacement works to the lift, unless ––
(a)
a lift contractor has, in the presence of an approved person, examined, inspected and tested the lift in accordance with ―
(i)
the requirements specified in SS CP 2:2000; or
(ii)
in the case of a home lift or lift designed to carry a person with physical disability, the manufacturer’s recommendations, where available;
(b)
the approved person has certified in the Certificate of Lift Maintenance and Testing that the lift has been examined, inspected and tested in his presence in accordance with the requirements specified in SS CP 2:2000 or the manufacturer’s recommendations, as the case may be, and that the lift is in a fit condition for operation; and
(c)
the duly completed Certificate of Lift Maintenance and Testing is lodged with the Commissioner within 3 months from the first date of the examination, inspection or testing in sub-paragraph (a).
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), every owner of a lift shall ensure, at all times while the lift is in operation, that the Certificate of Lift Maintenance and Testing lodged with the Commissioner in respect of that lift is and remains valid.
(3) A Certificate of Lift Maintenance and Testing need not be lodged with the Commissioner in respect of any lift owned by any of the following persons:
(a)
the Housing and Development Board;
(b)
the Jurong Town Corporation;
(c)
the Land Transport Authority of Singapore.
(4) The Commissioner may, in relation to any Certificate of Lift Maintenance and Testing lodged with him, require the owner of any lift to furnish such other information or comply with such other directions as he may determine.
(5) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.