Decree of the Czech Office of Labour Security and the Czech Mining Office No. 19 / 1979 Coll.
Decree of the Czech Labour Safety Authority and the Czech Mining Authority, which determines the reserved lifting equipment and lays down certain conditions to ensure their safety
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Effective from 01.07.1979
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DECLARATION
Czech Office for Safety of Labour and Czech Mining Office
of 22 January 1979
determining reserved lifting devices and laying down certain conditions to ensure their safety
The Czech Labour Safety Authority pursuant to § 5 (1) (d) and (f) of Act No. 174 / 1968 Coll., on State Professional Safety Supervision, (hereinafter referred to as "the Act ') and the Czech Mining Authority pursuant to § 57 (1) (d) of Act No. 41 / 1957 Coll., on the Use of Mineral Wealth (Upper Act), and pursuant to § 10 (a) and (c) of the Czech National Council Act No. 24 / 1972 Coll., on the organisation and extension of supervision of the State Mining Administration, in an agreement with the relevant central authorities provides:
Scope
(1) The Decree is binding on organisations subject to the competence of national professional labour safety authorities (1) and on legal and natural persons engaged in business activities under the Specific Regulations (3) (hereinafter referred to as "organisations").
(2) The Decree does not apply to technical installations subject to supervision by the authorities referred to in § 3 (2) (a) and (b) of the Act.
Reserved lifting appliances
(1) Reserved lifting equipment within the meaning of § 4 (d) to (g) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "equipment") are the following motor-powered equipment:
(a) hoists and mobile hoists of a capacity exceeding 5000 kg (hoists, cats, etc.);
(b) cranes with a load capacity exceeding 5000 kg;
(c) moving working platforms with lifting height above 3 m;
(d) construction lifts with lifting height above 3 m, which also transport persons;
(e) lifts which are a permanent part of structures of a capacity exceeding 100 kg and with a lifting height exceeding 2 m;
(f) shelf founders with vertically movable operators.
(2) The provisions of this Decree do not include:
(a) doors,
(b) lifting trucks;
(c) stable structures on which lifts, mobile lifts and cranes are located;
(d) lifting appliances, designed and assembled exclusively for installation purposes (mounting mast, arms, superstructures, etc.),
(e) suspension conveyors,
(f) loaders,
(g) lifting heads of lorries,
(h) mechanical ramps;
(i) vehicle lifting platforms;
(j) sliding ladders,
(k) means for tying, hanging and gripping loads which are not permanent parts of the device;
(l) auxiliary (single purpose) handling equipment which are part of the machine's technological lines.
Organisation authorisation
(1) Organisations may produce, install, perform overhaul and reconstruct equipment or repair them in a supplier's way and carry out review and review tests only on the basis of an authorisation ("approved organisation"). In the case of an installation referred to in Section 2 (1) (e), the organisation which operates the installation shall also be authorised to repair it if it carries out the repair itself.
(2) The authorisation is issued by the Labour Safety Inspectorate (hereinafter referred to as the "Supervisory Authority"), within the scope of which the organisation has its permanent residence, where appropriate, at the written request of the organisation.
(3) The organisation shall indicate in the application:
(a) its exact name and address;
(b) the name and address of the establishment (s) for which the authorisation is sought if it is not at the headquarters of the organisation;
(c) the type and scope of the authorisation sought;
(d) ensuring the performance of the activity for which the authorisation is sought, in terms of technical equipment and professional qualifications of personnel.
(4) Where the supervisory authority ascertains non-compliance or non-compliance with the requirements for ensuring the safety of work and technical equipment when operating under an authorisation, it shall restrict or withdraw the scope of the authorisation.
Individual testing
(1) Any newly assembled equipment, with the exception of the products specified for conformity assessment in accordance with the Specific Law (3a) and the Government Regulation (3b), must be subjected to the assembly test and initial revision of the electrical equipment, and to a register of lifting equipment, passport or equivalent document. The approved organisation shall draw up a record of the individual examination.
(2) The production or assembly organisation shall notify in writing to the supervisory authority responsible for the location of the installation at least 15 days in advance of the site and time of individual testing
(a) the first piece of equipment referred to in Article 2 (1) produced in the same version which has put into service at the production organisation;
(b) the establishments referred to in Article 2 (1) (b), (e) and (f) which they have put into service in the customer organisation.
(3) The installation referred to in paragraph 2 may be submitted by the production or assembly organisation to the customer only after successful individual testing confirmed by the supervisory authority.
(4) For imported equipment, the customer organisation shall ensure compliance with the obligations referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3.
Verification tests
(1) An organisation operating an installation (hereinafter referred to as "operator") is required to verify the safety of each new, general repair of the renovated or reconstructed installation before it is put into service by a verification test.
(2) The operator shall notify in writing to the supervisory authority responsible for the location of the equipment, at least 15 days in advance of the place and time of the verification test.
(3) The test shall be carried out to the extent specified by the technical standards and, where appropriate, the manufacturer's technical conditions, according to the requirements of the organisation which has performed the reconstruction or overhaul of the equipment, and, where appropriate, the specific requirements of the supervisory authority.
(4) Individual testing and verification tests may be carried out at the same time if the organisations concerned so agree.
(5) The organisation carrying out the verification test shall record the test.
(6) For equipment tested in accordance with Section 4 (3), if no more than 3 months have elapsed before the start of operation, it is sufficient to verify compliance with the conditions to ensure safe operation specified by the regulations to ensure safety of work and technical equipment or documentation of equipment.
Repair tests
The organisation which corrects the installation shall verify its safety through a verification test to the extent of the repair carried out and in accordance with the provisions of the technical standards.
Revision and revision tests
The organisation shall continuously verify the further operational capability of the equipment, the extent and completeness of the documentation by revisions and revisions. Such revisions and revisions shall be carried out within the scope and within the time limits prescribed by the technical standards and, where appropriate, the technical conditions of the production organisation.
Revision technician
(1) Revision, revision tests, tests produced, assembled, general repair of refurbished and reconstructed equipment may only be carried out by revision technicians.
(2) The Revision Technique must have a certificate of competence issued by the supervisory authority in order to carry out the activities referred to in paragraph 1 on the basis of the examination carried out.
(3) Applicants for a revision certificate must have completed a full secondary vocational training of machinery or electrical and at least five years of experience in lifting equipment.
(4) Where a candidate has a professional engineering or electrical education higher than that prescribed in paragraph 2, two years' professional experience shall suffice.
(5) The supervisory authority may, where justified at the request of the organisation, authorise an exemption from the required professional training.
Inspection visits and tests
(1) For the purposes of national professional supervision, the operator shall prepare the equipment for inspection or testing for the agreed date and under the conditions laid down by the supervisory authority.
(2) The technical acts necessary to carry out the inspection or test properly are managed or carried out by a review technician or by another competent operator.
Transitional and final provisions
(1) The operator shall notify the supervisory authority in writing, within one year of the date of application of the decree, of the number of installations in the division referred to in Article 2 (1) and the method of ensuring their revisions and tests.
(2) Organisations carrying out the activities referred to in Article 3 are obliged to apply for them within six months of the date of application of this Decree.
(3) Authorisations issued to organisations and certificates issued to workers before the expiry of this Decree shall remain valid for three years from the date on which the Decree became effective.
They shall be deleted:
1. the provision of § 1 (b) of Decree No 151 / 1969 Coll., determining reserved technical installations;
2. Order No 204 / 1956 Ú. l., on the compulsory declaration of lifts for registration, as corrected by editorial communication No 224 / 1956 Ú. l.
This Decree shall take effect on 1 July 1979.
The President
Czech Mining Office:
Pastorek v. r.
The President
Czech Labour Safety Authority:
Dr Bartek v. r.
1) Paragraph 3 (1) of Act No. 174 / 1968 Coll., on State Professional Labour Safety Supervision.
3) For example, Act No. 105 / 1990 Coll., on the Private Entrepreneurship of Citizens, Act No. 104 / 1990 Coll., on Equity Companies, Act No. 173 / 1988 Coll., on an undertaking with foreign shareholding, as amended by Act No. 112 / 1990 Coll.
3a) Act No. 22 / 1997 Coll., on technical requirements for products and amending and supplementing certain laws, as amended by Act No. 71 / 2000 Coll.
3b. Government Decree No. 170 / 1997 Coll., laying down technical requirements for machinery, as amended by Government Decree No. 15 / 1999 Coll. Government Decree No. 14 / 1999 Coll., laying down technical requirements for lifts, as amended by Government Decree No. 227 / 1999 Coll.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Czech Labour Safety Authority and the Czech Mining Office No. 19 / 1979 Coll., which determines reserved lifting equipment and lays down certain conditions to ensure their safety |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 05.03.1979 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.1979 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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