S.L. 427.36 Art. 2Scope. S.L. 427.59 S.L. 427.23 S.L. 427.43 S.L. 427.34

(1) These regulations shall apply to the following products:

(a) machinery;

(b) interchangeable equipment;

(c) safety components;

(d) lifting accessories;

(e) chains, ropes and webbing;

(f) removable mechanical transmission devices;

(g) partly completed machinery.

(2) The following are excluded from the scope of these regulations:

(a) safety components intended to be used as spare parts to replace identical components and supplied by the manufacturer of the original machinery;

(b) specific equipment for use in fairgrounds and, or amusement parks;

(c) machinery specially designed or put into service for nuclear purposes which, in the event of failure, may result in an emission of radioactivity;

(d) weapons, including firearms;

(e) the following means of transport:

(i) agricultural and forestry tractors for the risks covered by the Type Approval of Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Regulations, with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles,

(ii) motor vehicles and their trailers covered by the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations, with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles,

(iii) vehicles covered by the Two or Three-Wheel

Motor Vehicles (EC Type-Approval) Regulations, with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles,

(iv) motor vehicles exclusively intended for competition, and

(v) means of transport by air, on water and on rail networks with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these means of transport;

(f) seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units and machinery installed on board such vessels and, or units;

(g) machinery specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes;

(h) machinery specially designed and constructed for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories;

(i) mine winding gear;

(j) machinery intended to move performers during artistic performances;

(k) electrical and electronic products falling within the following areas, insofar as they are covered by the Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Regulations:

(i) household appliances intended for domestic use,

(ii) audio and video equipment,

(iii) information technology equipment,

(iv) ordinary office machinery,

(v) low-voltage switchgear and control gear,

(vi) electric motors;

(l) the following types of high-voltage electrical equipment:

(i) switchgear and control gear,

(ii) transformers.