Act No. 124 / 2000 Coll.
Act amending Act No. 174 / 1968 Coll., on State Professional Safety Supervision, as amended, Act No. 61 / 1988 Coll., on Mining Activities, Explosives and State Mining Administration, as amended, and Act No. 455 / 1991 Coll., on Business Business (Trade Act), as amended
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THE LAW
of 15 April 2000
amending Act No. 174 / 1968 Coll., on State Professional Safety Supervision, as amended, Act No. 61 / 1988 Coll., on Mining Activities, Explosives and State Mining Administration, as amended, and Act No. 455 / 1991 Coll., on Business Business (Trade Act), as amended
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Act No. 61 / 1988 Coll., on Mining Activities, Explosives and State Mining Administration, as amended by Act No. 425 / 1990 Coll., Act No. 542 / 1991 Coll., Act No. 169 / 1993 Coll., Act No. 128 / 1999 Coll. and Act No. 71 / 2000 Coll., is amended as follows:
1. Paragraph 8 (4) is deleted and paragraph 5 (b) is deleted. At the same time, in paragraph 5, the designation (a) is deleted and the text becomes paragraph 4.
2. the following Section 8a is inserted after Section 8, including footnote 6b:
(1) Reserved technical installations are installations with an increased risk to the health and safety of persons and property subject to supervision under this Act. They're pressure, lifting, electrical and gas equipment.
(2) Depending on the degree of hazard, dedicated technical equipment shall be classified in classes or groups, as appropriate, and the method of checking the professional competence of natural persons for activities on such installations shall be laid down.
(3) Organisation
(a) ensure, when placing into service and operating dedicated technical installations, that inspections, revisions and tests are carried out within a specified range;
(b) they may install, repair, carry out revisions and tests of dedicated technical equipment, fill vessels of gases and produce dedicated pressure equipment, unless they are covered by a government regulation issued for the implementation of a special act, 6a) only if they are competent and have the authority referred to in paragraph 6 (a);
(c) ensure that only natural persons who are competent and, in specified cases, hold certificates carry out tests, revisions, repairs, assembly or servicing of dedicated technical equipment.
(4) The requirements of the organisation's competence are the necessary technical equipment and competence of its staff.
(5) The conditions of competence of natural persons referred to in paragraph 3 (c) shall be:
(a) reaching the age of 18;
(b) medical fitness under special regulations, 6b)
(c) the prescribed qualification,
(d) period of experience in the field;
(e) the certificate referred to in paragraph 6 (b), in the case of revisions and tests of dedicated technical equipment, repairs, installation of dedicated gas equipment of the first class or operation of dedicated pressure equipment - boilers.
(6) Authorities of the State Mining Administration
(a) verify, in specified cases, the professional competence of organisations and business natural persons for the manufacture, assembly, repair, revision and testing of dedicated technical equipment and for the filling of containers of gases and authorise them to do so;
(b) examine and certify the competence of natural persons for the testing, revision, repair, assembly or operation of dedicated technical equipment;
(c) decide to withdraw or restrict authorisations for organisations and business natural persons for the manufacture, assembly, repair, revision and testing of reserved technical equipment and for the filling of containers of gases in the event of an infringement detected to ensure safety of work and technical equipment;
(d) decide whether to withdraw or restrict certificates of natural persons for testing, revision, assembly, repair or service of reserved technical equipment in the event of an infringement detected to ensure safety of work and technical equipment.
(7) The certificate for activities on dedicated technical installations issued by the authorities of the State Mining Administration shall be valid for five years from the date of issue.
(8) Czech Mining Office by Order
(a) determine which technical installations within the competence of the State Mining Authority are considered to be reserved and, at the same time, determine their classification in classes or groups, where appropriate;
(b) lay down detailed conditions for dedicated technical installations as regards their level of safety, location, production, assembly, repair, operation, inspections, revisions, testing and accompanying and operational documentation;
(c) specify the conditions for the professional competence of organisations with regard to the necessary technical equipment and competence of their personnel;
(d) specify the conditions for the competence of natural persons with regard to the prescribed qualifications and professional experience in the field.
(9) The authorisation of the Czech Mining Authority to lay down in the decrees referred to in paragraph 8 more detailed conditions for the safety of reserved technical equipment referred to in paragraph 1 before they are placed on the market may be applied only if they are not subject to a government regulation issued for the implementation of a special law. 6a)
6b) Paragraph 6 (1) of Act No. 20 / 1966 Coll., on the care of the health of the people, as amended. Directive No 49 / 1967 of the Ministry of Health of the Ministry of Health on the assessment of medical fitness for work (registered in the amount of 2 / 1968 Coll.), as amended. '
3. in Paragraph 41 (1) (h), the dot at the end is replaced by a comma and the following point (i) is added:
"(i) provide free advice to employers and workers on how to comply with the rules on safety of work and technical equipment."
1. Authorisations issued by state professional surveillance authorities and bodies of state mining authorities to organisations and business individuals shall expire before 1 January 1993 three years after the date of application of this Act; authorisations issued after 31 December 1992 shall remain valid.
2. Certificates issued by state professional surveillance authorities and organisations and by state mining authorities to natural persons before the entry into force of this Act expire five years after the entry into force of this Act.
3. Trade authorisations obtained prior to the date of application of this Act for the pursuit of the trades of the bound group 202 of Annex 2 to the Trade Act entitle the pursuit of the trade within the scope of the authorisation issued by the State Professional Supervision Authority or the State Mining Authority.
4. Trade authorisations obtained before the date of application of this Act for the operation of the business of the bound group 205 of Annex No 2 to the Trade Act "Installation, repair, maintenance and revision of reserved electrical equipment and production of low voltage switchboards' shall be considered as trade authorisations for the operation of the business linked to" Installation, repair, revision and testing of reserved electrical equipment 'from the date of application of this Act. They authorise the pursuit of a business within the scope of an authorisation issued by a State professional oversight authority or a State Mining Authority.
5. Trade authorisations obtained before the date of application of this Act for the pursuit of the business of the bound group 205 of Annex No 2 to the Commercial Act "Design of Electrical Equipment 'and trade authorisations issued for the production of switchboards shall be considered as free trade authorisations for the operation of the business of the business as from the date of application of this Act.
6. Trade authorisations obtained before the date of application of this Act for the operation of trades of the bound group 205 of Annex 2 to the Trade Act "Manufacture, installation and repair of electrical machinery and apparatus' and" Manufacture, installation and repair of electronic equipment 'shall be considered as trade authorisations for the operation of trade in craft groups 105 of Annex 1 to the Trade Act: Electrical machinery and apparatus "Installation and repair of electrical machinery and apparatus' and" Installation and repair of electronic equipment '.
7. The Trade Licensing Office shall issue business names to business operators on the basis of business authorisations obtained before the date of entry into force of this Act, as referred to in points 3 to 6, no later than 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Act, in accordance with the legislation laid down by that Act.
They shall be deleted:
1. Decree of the Czech Labour Safety Authority No. 143 / 1979 Coll., on the selection of prototypes of machinery and equipment for assessment in terms of safety requirements of work and technical equipment.
2. Decree of the Czech Office for Safety of Labour and the Czech Mining Office No. 59 / 1983 Coll., laying down certain obligations of organisations to ensure safety of work for imported technical equipment.
This Law shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month following that of its publication.
Klaus v. r.
Havel v. r.
Zeman v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 124 / 2000 Coll., amending Act No. 174 / 1968 Coll., on State Professional Supervision of Safety at Work, as amended, Act No. 61 / 1988 Coll., on Mining Activities, Explosives and State Mining Administration, as amended, and Act No. 455 / 1991 Coll., on Business Business (Trade Act), as amended |
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| Regulation Type | Law |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 12.05.2000 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.2000 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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