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The Safety Ordinance for Cranes

(Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour No.34 September 30, 1972)

Chapter V Elevator

Section 1 Manufacturing and Installation

Article 138 (Permission for Manufacturing)
  • (1) A person who intends to manufacture an elevator (limited to the one set forth in item (vi) of paragraph (1) of Article 12 of the Order, the same shall apply hereinafter in this Article to Article 144, Article 147 and Article 148, and Section 4 and Section 5 of this Chapter) shall obtain, in advance, the permission in respect to the elevator intended to manufacture from the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. However, this shall not apply to the elevator, the type of which is identical with the elevator, which has been obtained the said permission already (hereinafter referred to as "permitted type elevator" in the following Article).
  • (2) A person who intends to obtain the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall submit an application for elevator manufacturing permission (Form No.1) with the assembly drawing of the elevator and the document stating the following matters to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau:
    • (i) Standards of strength calculation;
    • (ii) Outline of the equipment for inspection performed on the process of manufacturing;
    • (iii) Name and outline of career of the chief designer and the responsible person on manufacturing work.
Article 139 (Report of Alteration on Equipment, etc., for Inspection)
  • (1) The person who has obtained the permission set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall, in the case of manufacturing the elevator pertaining to the said permission or the permitted type elevator, when the equipment set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (2) of the same Article or either the chief designer or the responsible person on manufacturing work set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph were altered, report without delay to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau.
Article 140 (Notification for Installation)
  • (1) The employer who intends to install an elevator shall, when notifying pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act, submit the elevator installation notification (Form No.26) with the specification of the elevator (Form No.27), the assembly drawing of the elevator, and the strength calculation statement of the structural parts listed in the right column of the Appended Table corresponding to the type of the elevator listed in the left column of the same Table respectively, and the document stating the following matters to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office:
    • (i) Surroundings at the place of installation;
    • (ii) As regards the elevator installed out of door, the outline of the foundation and method of anchorage for stays.
  • (2) A person who submits notification pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph as regards the elevator installed in the building listed in item (i) to (iii) of paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Building Standards Act (Act No.201 of 1950), shall submit the elevator installation notification with the copies of the parts related to the elevator among the application for confirmation pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the same Act (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis to paragraph (1) of Article 87-2 of the same Act) together with copies of the notice for confirmation pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of Article 6 of the same Act, to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office.
  • (3) The provision of paragraph (2) of Article 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of the notification pursuant to the provision of the preceding two paragraphs. In this case, the term "crane" in paragraph (2) of the same Article shall be deemed to be replaced with "elevator".
  • (4) The employer (excluding the one set forth in the text of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act) who intends to install an elevator shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act which is applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (2) of the same Article, submit the elevator installation notification (Form No.26) with the specification, the assembly drawing, the strength calculation statement and the document set forth in paragraph (1) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office.
  • (5) The provision of paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of the notification pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph.
Article 141 (Completion Inspection)
  • (1) A person who has installed an elevator shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of Article 38 of the Act, undergo the inspection for the said elevator by the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. However, this shall not apply to the case that the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office approved the said inspection is unnecessary and to the elevator set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article.
  • (2) On the inspection pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "completion inspection" in this Section), in addition to examining the construction and the function of each part of the elevator, the load test shall be performed.
  • (3) The load test set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be carried out in such manners as performing motions with raising and lowering, while carrying a load with the mass corresponding to 1.2 times of the loading capacity.
  • (4) A person who intends to undergo a completion inspection for the elevator shall submit an application for elevator completion inspection (Form No.4) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. In the case that the notification set forth in paragraph (1) or (4) of the preceding Article is not made because of having been given the accreditation, the specification, the assembly drawing, the strength calculation statement and the documents set forth in paragraph (1) of the same Article, and other document necessary for the completion inspection shall be attached.
  • (5) The person who submitted the notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article for the elevator set forth in paragraph (2) of the same Article (including the one who does not make the notification because of having been given the accreditation), shall submit a copy of the inspection completion certificate pursuant to the provision of paragraph (5) of Article 7 of the Building Standards Act (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis to paragraph (1) of Article 87-2 of the same Act) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office.
Article 142 (Measures for the Case of Undergoing Completion Inspection)
  • (1) A person who undergoes the completion inspection shall, as regards the elevator being subjected to the said inspection, prepare a test load for the load test.
  • (2) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office may order the matters, which found to be necessary for the completion inspection to the person who undergoes the said inspection.
  • (3) A person who undergoes the completion inspection shall be present at the said inspection.
Article 143 (Inspection Certificate for Elevator)
  • (1) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office shall, as regards the elevator, which passed the completion inspection or the elevator set forth in the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 141, issue the elevator inspection certificate (Form No.28) to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of the same Article or a copy of the inspection completed certificate pursuant to the provision of paragraph (5) of the same Article.
  • (2) A person who has installed an elevator shall, when having lost or damaged the elevator inspection certificate, submit an application for reissue of the elevator inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the following document to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office and be granted the reissue:
    • (i) The document explaining the lost of the elevator inspection certificate in the event of losing;
    • (ii) The elevator inspection certificate in the event of damaging;
  • (3) On alteration of the person who has installed an elevator, the replaced person shall, within ten days from the said alteration, submit an application for renewal of the elevator inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the elevator inspection certificate to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office and be granted the renewal.
Article 144 (Validity Term of Inspection Certificate)
  • (1) The validity term of the elevator inspection certificate shall be for one year.
Article 145 (Report for Installation)
  • (1) The employer who intends to install an elevator set forth in item (xvii) of paragraph (3) of Article 13 of the Order shall submit, in advance, the elevator installation report (Form No. 29) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. However, this shall not apply to the employer who has been given the accreditation.
Article 146 (Load Test)
  • (1) The employer shall, when having installed the elevator set forth in item (xvii) of paragraph (3) of Article 13 of the Order, perform the load test set forth in paragraph (3) of Article 141. However, this shall not apply to the elevator on which the inspection is performed pursuant to the provision of paragraph (2) of Article 7 of the Building Standards Act.
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