Lifting Equipment — Thorough Examination and Lift Plan Check — Quality Inspection Checklist

Statutory basis, cited on the form

• WAHR 2005 — Work at Height Regulations 2005
• LOLER 1998 — Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (reg 8 — planning of lifting operations)
• PUWER 1998 — Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• preventing falls in scaffolding)
• PASMA code of practice (mobile access towers)

Guidance and standards relied on

These are not law. HSE guidance carries no statutory force in itself, British Standards and NASC technical guidance are industry documents, and the Joint Code of Practice is an insurers' code. They are what the document is built to — and where a court would look for the standard of the reasonable contractor.

• NASC TG20:21 and SG4:22 (tube-and-fitting scaffold design and compliance sheets
• BS EN 365:2004 (fall-protection equipment — periodic examination and records)
• BS 7985:2013 (rope access methods for industrial purposes)
• BS 7121-1:2016 (safe use of cranes — planning and the appointed person)
• BS 7212:2016 (construction hoists)