Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations

34 (1) Every elevating device and every safety device attached to it must

• (a) meet the standards set out in the applicable CSA standard referred to in subsection (2), to the extent that is reasonably practicable; and

• (b) be used, operated and maintained in accordance with the standards set out in the applicable CSA standard referred to in subsection (2).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the following standards apply:

• (a) for elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and moving walks, ASME Standard ASME A.17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (Bi-National standard, with ASME A17.1);

• (b) for manlifts, CSA Standard CAN/CSA B311, Safety Code for Manlifts; and

• (c) for elevating devices for persons with physical disabilities, CAN/CSA Standard B355, Lifts for Persons with Physical Disabilities.