(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act, 2000.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title, extent and commencement.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Baluster" means a short pillar slender above and bulging below;
(b) "Balustrade" means a row of balusters meant for supporting moving handrails;
2[(c) “Chief Inspector”, “Inspector” and “Assistant Inspector” means respectively the person designated or appointed, as the case may be, to be the Chief Inspector of Lifts and Escalators, the Inspector of Lifts and Escalators and the Assistant Inspector of Lifts and Escalators under sub-section (1) of section 10A or under sub-section (1) of section 15;]
(d) "combplate" means a pronged plate that forms part of an escalator landing and engages with the cleats of the steps at the limits of travel;
(e) "escalator" means a power driven inclined continuous stairway used for raising or lowering passengers;
(f) "escalator installation" includes the escalator, the track, the trusses or girders, the balustrading, the step treads and landings and all chains, wires and plants directly connected with the operation of the escalator;
(g) "licence" means a licence granted under section 4;
(h) "lift" means an appliance designed to transport persons or materials between two or more levels in a vertical or substantially vertical direction by means of a guided car or platform;
(i) "lift car" means the load carrying unit with its floor or platform car frame and enclosing body work;
(j) "lift installation" includes the lift car, the lift way, the lift way enclosure and the operating mechanism of the lift and all ropes, cables, wires and plant, directly connected with the operation of the lift;
(k) "power" means any form of energy which is not generated by human or animal agency;
1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gujarat Government Gazette, Extrordinary, Part-V, dated the 22nd February, 2000, Page No. 4-10 to 4-11.
2. Clause (c) was substituted by Guj. 13 of 2013, s.2.
* This Act was assented by the Governor on the 14th March, 2000.
Definitions.
2 The Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act, 2000. [ 2004 : GUJ. 4
(1) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules;
(m) "rated speed" means the speed at which the lift or escalator is designed to operate;
(n) "rules" means rules made under this Act.
Permission to erect lift or escalator.