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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 26

Exceptions and provisions supplementary to sections 23 to 25.

26.(1) For the purposes of sections 23 and 24, a lifting machine or appliance
shall not be deemed to be a hoist or lift unless it has a platform or cage the
direction of movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides.

(2) Section 23(4) to (8) and section 24 shall not apply in the case of a
continuous hoist or lift, and in such a case section 23(2) shall have effect
as if for the reference to six months there were substituted a reference to
twelve months.

(3) Section 23(5) and (6) and section 24 shall not apply in the case of a
hoist or lift not connected with mechanical power; and in such a case

(a)section 23(2) shall have effect as if for the reference to six months there
were substituted a reference to twelve months; and

(b)any gates to be fitted under section 23(4) shall be kept closed and
fastened except when the cage or platform is at rest at the landing.

Subs.(4) rep. by SR 1979/246

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