46. (1) Without prejudice to Regulations 42 and 45, this Regulation applies to a hoist, lift hoistway or liftway subject to the conditional exemptions under Part A of Schedule 1.

(2) An employer shall ensure that—

(a) every hoistway or liftway is efficiently protected by a substantial enclosure fitted with gates so as to prevent, when the gates are shut,

(i) any person falling down the way, or

(ii) coming into contact with any moving part of the hoist or lift,

(b) any gate referred to in subparagraph (a) is fitted with efficient interlocking or other devices to ensure that the gate cannot be opened except when the carrier is at the landing and that the carrier cannot be moved away from the landing until the gate is closed,

(c) every hoist or lift and every such enclosure as is referred to in subparagraph (a) is constructed so as to prevent any part of any person or any goods carried in the hoist or lift being trapped between—

(i) any part of the hoist or lift and any fixed structure, or

(ii) between the counterbalance weight and any other moving part of the hoist or lift,

(d) efficient devices which will support the carrier together with its safe working load in the event of failure of the hoisting system are provided and maintained, where practicable, in connection with every hoist or lift,

(e) efficient automatic devices are provided and maintained in connection with every hoist or lift which will ensure that the carrier does not overrun the highest point set for its intended travel,

(f) every hoist or lift is installed so that it can be operated at any one time only from one position and is not operated from the carrier unless the requirements of subparagraph (h) are complied with,

(g) the carrier bears an easily visible plate clearly showing the rated load in kilograms and, if applicable, the maximum number of passengers which may be carried, and

(h) in the case of hoists and lifts used for carrying persons, whether together with goods or otherwise,

(i) efficient automatic devices are provided and maintained to prevent the carrier overrunning,

(ii) every carrier on each side from which access is afforded to a landing is fitted with a gate and, in connection with every such gate, efficient devices are provided to secure that, when persons or goods are in the carrier, the carrier cannot be raised or lowered unless the gate is closed and comes to rest when the gate is opened,

(iii) in the case of a hoist or lift where the carrier is suspended by rope or chain there are at least two ropes or chains separately connected to the carrier, each rope or chain and its attachments being capable of carrying the whole weight of the carrier and its maximum working load,

(iv) efficient devices are provided and maintained which will support the carrier with its maximum working load in the event of a breakage of the ropes or chains or any of their attachments, and

(v) suitable efficient automatic devices are provided which will ensure that the carrier comes to rest at a point above the lowest point to which the carrier can travel.

(3) This Regulation applies to a hoist, lift, hoistway or liftway, subject to the conditional exemptions under Part A of Schedule 1, and any reference to a gate includes reference to a door where the context so requires.

(4) An employer shall ensure that hoists or lifts or hoistways or liftways of a class or description specified in Part A of Schedule 1 are subject to the conditions set out therein