UK Regulation
LOLER 1998
- 2016
- Established
- 300+
- Sites covered
- 800+
- Lifts maintained
- <1hr
- Emergency response
Applies to
All lifting equipment used at work — including passenger lifts, goods lifts, platform lifts and dumb-waiters.
Summary
The cornerstone UK regulation for in-service lift safety. LOLER requires that lifting equipment is strong, suitable, properly installed, safely positioned and — critically — thoroughly examined by a competent person at defined intervals.
Who must comply
Duty-holders: the person in control of the premises or work equipment. Typically the building owner, managing agent or employer.
Key requirements
- Thorough Examination by a competent person — every 6 months for passenger-carrying lifts, every 12 months for goods-only lifts (or to an Examination Scheme drawn up by a competent person).
- Examination after installation, modification or significant change.
- Written report of every examination, with defects and timescales for repair.
- Defects categorised as ‘existing’, ‘imminent’ or ‘could become’ — and acted on accordingly.
- Records kept for at least 2 years (or until the next report).
How we help
We prepare your lifts for Thorough Examination, address remedial works identified in reports, and maintain the detailed service records the competent person will ask for. We do not carry out the Thorough Examination ourselves — that must be independent.
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