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FIN-2008-R-87137
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Title_of_text
Council of State Ordinance (403/2008) on the Safe Use and Inspection of Work Equipment.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Finland
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
2008-06-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Original title
Valtioneuvoston asetus työvälineiden turvallisesta käytöstä ja tarkastamisesta.
Abstract/Citation
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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Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
2002-08-23 (FIN-2002-L-62320)
Occupational Safety and Health Act (738/2002).
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1998-11-25 (FIN-1998-M-51708)
Decision of the Council of State (No. 856 of 1998) respecting the acquisition, safe use and inspection of machinery and other protective equipment.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Unofficial English Translation
Author
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/kaannokset/2008/en20080403.pdf
Page range
19 pp.
File
FIN87137English.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Decree online in Finnish
Author
FINLEX
Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kokoelma/2008/20080063.pdf
Page range
pp. 1108-1121
File
FIN87137Finnish.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Decree online in Swedish
Author
FINLEX
Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/kokoelma/2008/20080063.pdf
Page range
pp. 1108-1121
File
FIN87137Swedish.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Suomen Säädöskokoelma
Date
2008-06-19
Volume
Vol. 63
Number
No. 400-406
Page range
pp. 1108-1121