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The Safety Ordinance for Cranes

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

Chapter VI Lift for Construction Work

Section 4. Alteration and Disuse

Article 197 (Notification for Alteration)
  • (1) As regards the lift for construction work having been installed, the employer who intends to alter any of the parts listed in the following each item shall, when notifying it pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act, submit the lift for construction work alteration notification (Form No.12) with the lift for construction work inspection certificate and drawings of the parts intended to alter (excluding the one listed in item (vi)), to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office:
    • (i) Guide rails or hoist ways;
    • (ii) Cages;
    • (iii) Prime movers;
    • (iv) Brakes;
    • (v) Winches;
    • (vi) Wire ropes;
  • (2) 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 paragraph. In this case, the term "crane" in paragraph (2) of the same Article shall be deemed to be replaced with "lift for construction work".
  • (3) The employer (excluding the one set forth in the text of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act) shall, as regards a lift for construction work, when intending to alter any of the parts listed in each item of paragraph (1), 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 lift for construction work alteration notification (Form No.12) with the inspection certificate and drawings set forth in paragraph (1), to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office.
Article 198 (Alteration Inspection)
  • (1) A person who altered the parts of a lift for construction work falling under item (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of Article 38 of the Act, undergo the inspection for the said lift for construction work 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.
  • (2) The provisions of paragraph (2) and (3) of Article 175, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the inspection set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "alteration inspection" in this Section).
  • (3) A person who undergoes the alteration inspection shall submit an application for lift for construction work alteration inspection (Form No.13) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. In the case that the notification set forth in paragraph (1) or (3) of the preceding Article is not made because of having been given the accreditation, the inspection certificate and the drawing set forth in paragraph (1) of the same Article, and other document necessary for the completion inspection shall be attached.
Article 199 (Measures for the Case of Undergoing Alteration Inspection)
  • (1) The provision of Article 176 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of undergoing the alteration inspection.
Article 200 (Endorsement on Inspection Certificate)
  • (1) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office shall, as regards the lift for construction work which passed the alteration inspection or the lift for construction work set forth in the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 198, endorse the inspection date, the parts altered and the results of the inspection on the said lift for construction work inspection certificate.
Article 201 (Return of Inspection Certificate)
  • (1) A person who has installed a lift for construction work shall, when having disused the said lift for construction work, return the lift for construction work inspection certificate to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office without any delay.
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