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Council of State Ordinance (403/2008) on the Safe Use and Inspection of Work Equipment.

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First Region

Finland
Occupational safety and health
2008-06-12
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

Valtioneuvoston asetus työvälineiden turvallisesta käytöstä ja tarkastamisesta.
Contains 6 chapters and 39 sections regulating, inter alia:

Chapter 1: General provisions
Chapter 2: Supplementary provisions on mobile work equipment
Chapter 3: Supplementary provisions applicable to lifting machinery
Chapter 4: Safety requirements for work at height
Chapter 5: Initial and periodic inspections, and a condition monitoring system
Chapter 6: Entry into force

Section 21 (3) shall not be applied to lifting machinery taken into use before 1 September 1990.

The Decree amends the Government Decision (982/1980) on building hoists used for transporting persons (Sections 6-13).
It repeals the following Decisions:
- Government Decision (769/1982) on the application of occupational safety and health act on suspended scaffoldings and their inspection;
- Government Decision (862/1997) on bolt driving guns and their inspections (Sections 5-7 and 8); and
- Government Decision (856/1998) concerning the acquisition, safe use and inspection of machinery used at work and other work equipment, and its respective amendments.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    2009-01-01
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Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Suomen Säädöskokoelma
    Date
    2008-06-19
    Volume
    Vol. 63
    Number
    No. 400-406
    Page range
    pp. 1108-1121