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Machinery Amendment Act 1970

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Machinery Amendment Act 1970

Public Act		1970 No 128
Date of assent		1 December 1970

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Interpretation
3	Exemptions from Act
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Machinery Act 1950

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Machinery Amendment Act 1970, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Machinery Act 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Interpretation

(1)

Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the terms “boiler” and “crane”, and substituting the following definitions:

“‘Boiler’ has the meaning assigned to that term by section 2 of the Boilers, Lifts, and Cranes Act 1950:

“‘Crane’ has the meaning assigned to that term by section2 of the Boilers, Lifts, and Cranes Act 1950:”.

(2)

The said section 2 is hereby further amended by repealing the definition of the term “lift”, and substituting the following definition:

“‘Lift’ has the meaning assigned to that term by section 2 of the Boilers, Lifts, and Cranes Act 1950:”.

(3)

The said section 2 is hereby further amended by inserting, after the definition of the term “lift” (as substituted by subsection (2) of this section), the following definitions:

“‘Lifting machine’ means any machine or appliance capable of being operated by mechanical, manual, or other means to raise or lower a load in a vertical or near vertical plane; and includes any lifting tackle; but does not include a stacker or conveyor which is designed or adapted to move a load by means of a belt or platform:

“‘Lifting tackle’ means any sling, shackle, swivel, ring, hook, or other appliance used in connection with a lifting machine or from the hook of a crane:

(4)

The said section 2 (as amended by section 2 of the Machinery Amendment Act 1969) is hereby further amended by inserting in the definition of the term “machinery”, after the words “and includes”, the words “any lifting machine or”.

(5)

The said section 2 is hereby further amended by repealing the definition of the term “winding engine”, and substituting the following definition:

“‘Winding engine’ has the meaning assigned to that term by section 2 of the Boilers, Lifts, and Cranes Act 1950.”

3 Exemptions from Act

(1)

Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (1), and substituting the following subsection:

“(1)

Nothing in this Act shall apply to—

“(a)

Any boiler, lift, crane, hoist, winding engine, or steam engine:

“(b)

Any lifting machine that is subject to any other Act that provides for the inspection or safe use of the machine:

“(c)

The motor of any vehicle within the meaning of the Transport Act 1962, unless the motor is used for a purpose other than that of propelling the vehicle:

“(d)

The engine, propeller, or other machinery in any aircraft within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Act 1964, while any such engine, propeller, or machinery is mounted in the airframe of the aircraft:

“(e)

Any railway locomotive or railway vehicle, and any rolling stock drawn or propelled by any such locomotive or vehicle:

“(f)

The machinery of any ship within the meaning of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952:

“(g)

Any machinery that is declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council not to be subject to the provisions of this Act.”

(2)

Paragraph (a) of section 2 of the Machinery Amendment Act 1956 is hereby consequentially repealed.

(3)

The following Orders in Council are hereby consequentially revoked:

(a)

The Machinery (Aircraft) Exemption Order 1960 (S.R. 1960/122):

(b)

The Machinery (Railway Locomotives) Exemption Order 1962 (S.R. 1962/50):

(c)

The Machinery (Ships) Exemption Order 1963 (S.R. 1963/9).

(4)

Section 4 of the Boilers, Lifts, and Cranes Act 1950 is hereby consequentially amended by repealing paragraph (a) of subsection (1).

This Act is administered in the Department of Labour.

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