PART III GENERAL DUTIES — Safe working load of equipment
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(1) Except as provided elsewhere in these regulations, the safe working load of equipment shall be that specified by the manufacturer.
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The safe working load of equipment shall be certified by a suitably qualified and registered professional engineer or other person named by the employer and acceptable to the assistant deputy minister where
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the manufacturer’s specification or other acceptable warranty cannot be produced;
16(b)
the equipment has been modified in a manner that changes its safe working load;
16(c)
wear, corrosion, damage or signs of fatigue are found which may reduce the safe working load;
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the equipment is used in a manner or for a purpose other than that for which it was originally designed, where that use changes the safe working load; or
16(e)
the provision of the certification is considered to be necessary by an officer.
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