Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GOODS LIFTS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7

Liftway to be enclosed

(1) The liftway of a lift shall be efficiently protected by a substantial
enclosure fitted with doors. (L.N. 587 of 1995)

(2) Every such door shall be fitted with an efficient locking device of such a
type that-

   (a)  the door cannot be opened except when the car or platform is at rest
        at the landing place to which the door gives access; and

   (b)  the car or platform cannot be moved away from the landing place until
        the door is fully closed and locked.

(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall prevent any such door from being opened-

   (a)  in an emergency; or

   (b)  during any period when the lift is being used solely for the purpose
        of repairs or examination under regulation 5, whether or not the car
        or platform is at rest at the lift landing place to which the door
        gives access.

(4) The enclosure of a liftway shall be so constructed as to prevent, when the
doors are closed, any person entering or falling down the liftway or coming
into contact with any moving part of the lift.

(5) The lift and the enclosure of the liftway shall be so constructed as to
prevent any part of any goods carried in the car or platform from being
trapped between any part of the car or platform and any of the moving parts of
the lift or any fixed structure.

(6) The owner of a lift shall ensure that it is not used unless it complies
with paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (5).