A new law regulating the city’s operation and safety of lifts, escalators, travellators and similar devices, making their maintenance and inspections mandatory in Macau, took effect on Monday, according to a statement from the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) yesterday.
From now on, Macau has a specific piece of legislation regulating the operations of lifts, escalators, travellators and similar devices.
The law stipulates that the people in charge of such devices will be required to hire a repair and maintenance company to carry out regular maintenance and the necessary repairs of the equipment, as well as hire an inspection company to inspect the equipment at least once a year.
“People in charge” refers to the condominium owners of a building, its property management company, or its condominium owners’ management committee – depending on the situation of each building, according to the law.
After a lift or similar device has passed an inspection, the inspection company will be required to sign a document confirming that the equipment has passed the inspection, which must be displayed in a “clearly visible place” in each lift or similar device, according to the law.
In addition, the equipment must display the name of the maintenance entity, contact information, emergency telephone number, maintenance contract expiration date and other information, so that users can notify the maintenance entity through the contact information in the lift or similar device if there is any problem.
According to previous local media reports, there are about 10,000 lifts, escalators, travellators and similar devices in Macau.
Ceasing operation if deaths or injuries occur
The bureau has supervisory responsibility to conduct sampling inspections on such equipment in the city, and the bureau can also impose fines and additional penalties such as suspension of registration for any breaches of the law.
In addition, the law allows the bureau’s officers, while on duty, to enter certain parts of the respective buildings to check the operation of such devices without a judicial order or prior notice, and they may issue orders for the repair or alteration of dangerous equipment within a specified period.
In the event of an accident resulting in death or injury due to the equipment, the people in charge and the maintenance entity should immediately cease the operation of the device concerned, and notify the bureau and engage an inspection entity to investigate the cause of the accident or incident.
For more details, please visit the lifting equipment information network at https://www.dsscu.gov.mo/ascensores/zh/, or call the bureau on 8590 3800.
This poster provided by the Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) yesterday promotes the new law regulating the operation of lifts, escalators & travellators.
