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3.5.2.1.(2) | Application | Intent |
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| Objective | OS3 Safety in Use |
| Attribution | |
| Application | Application 1: Inspection and testing of elevator, escalator or dumbwaiter
installations, including safety and control devices, before being placed in
service. This applies to buildings described
in Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A.
Application 2: This also applies to elevators, escalators and moving walkways in buildings to which
Part 9 applies [see Sentence 1.3.3.3.(1) of Division A for application
of Part 9], as stated in Sentences 9.8.1.3.(1) and 9.10.1.2.(1).
Exceptions:
except as stated in Sentence 3.8.3.5.(1), which applies to barrier-free design in buildings described
in Sentence 3.8.1.1.(1).
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| Intent | Intent 1: To limit the probability that deficiencies in elevator,
escalator or dumbwaiter installations, including safety and control devices,
will go unnoticed, which could lead to elevators, escalators or dumbwaiters
not operating as originally intended, which could lead to safety hazards,
which could lead to harm to persons. |
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