The Lifts (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made: 1st December 2016

Laid before Parliament: 7th December 2016

Coming into force: 8th December 2016

The Secretary of State, who is a Minister designated[^f00001] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[^f00002] in relation to measures relating to lifts and safety components for use in lifts, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act.

Citation and Commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Lifts (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 8th December 2016.

Amendment to the Lifts Regulations 2016

2

In regulation 3(2)(a) of the Lifts Regulations 2016[^f00003], for “on or after” substitute “before”.

Signed

Margot James — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy — 1st December 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Lifts Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1093) to make clear that those Regulations apply to lifts and safety components for lifts placed on the market on or after 8th December 2016 (the commencement date for those Regulations), but do not apply to lifts and safety components for lifts placed on the market before that date.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1996/1912.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00003]: S.I. 2016/1093.

Editorial notes

[^key-5995da5a66b83afffb956ec8df9e8012]: Reg. 1 in force at 8.12.2016, see reg. 1

[^key-8fbcb75f73e6e2b53b02646fc2ab0fd0]: Reg. 2 in force at 8.12.2016, see reg. 1