Definations

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (1) "Appointed Day" means the day which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;
2. (2) "AMC" means Annual Maintenance Contract;
3. (3) "Authorised Officer" means Chief Inspector of Lifts and Escalators or such other officer as may be authorized by the State Government by notification;
4. (4) "Automatic Rescue Device" or "ARD" means a device that operates automatically in case of failure or loss of power supply, provided that the safety circuit is intact, to enable the lift to move to the nearest landing and open the landing and lift cage doors simultaneously;
5. (5) "Baluster" means a short pillar slender above and bulging below;
6. (6) "Balustrade" means a part of escalator or moving walk which ensures the users safety by providing stability, protecting from moving parts and supporting the handrail. And also means barricades on top of elevator car to prevent fall hazard;
7. (7) "Chief Inspector of Lifts and Escalators" means an Officer appointed as such by the Government as referred to in section 15;
8. (8) "Comb Plate" means a prolonged plate that forms part of an escalator landing and engages with the cleats of the steps at the limits of travel;
9. (9) "Emergency Rescue Device" means an electronic and electric apparatus which provides 3-phase emergency power supply to the lift, in case of power failure/breakdown in the high rise buildings as per NBC and gives sufficient backup to the lift to land, stop and open the landing and lift cage doors at any floor and remain in regular operation up to the extended time which would be at least fifteen minutes;
10. (10) "Escalator" means a power driven inclined, continuous stairway used for raising or lowering passengers;
11. (11) "Escalator Installation" means an installation which includes the escalator, the operating mechanism, the track, trusses or girders, balustrades, step treads, landings and all chains, wires and plants directly connected with the operation of the Escalator;
12. (12) "Government" means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh;
13. (13) "Inspector of Lifts and Escalators" means an Officer appointed as such by the Government as referred to in section 15;
14. (14) "License" means License granted under section 4;
15. (15) "Lift" Means an equipment designed to safely carry passengers or goods or both, that moves between guide rails in substantially vertical direction, equipped with hoisting and lowering mechanism with electric traction or hydraulic drive serving defined landing levels, suspended by ropes or belts or jacks;
16. (16) "Lift Car" means the cage or car of a lift used for the conveyance of passengers or goods or both or automobiles. It includes the floor or platform, car frame, sling and enclosing body work including roof and doors;
17. (17) "Lift Installation" includes the lift car, the lift well, it's operating mechanism, all ropes or belts, cables, wires, safety provisions, plant and machinery directly connected with operation of lift;
18. (18) "Lift Well" means the shaft or hoist way in which lift car and the counter weight or balancing weights travels. The space is usually bounded by the bottom of the pit, the walls and the ceiling of the well;
19. (19) "Lift Well Enclosure" includes any permanent substantial structure surrounding or enclosing the lift well;
20. (20) "Owner" includes
    • (i) a Lessee;
    • (ii) a Licensee;
    • (iii) a Mortgagee in possession and;
    • (iv) any person or authority to whom or to which the possession of and control over the affairs of the place in which a Lift or Escalator have been erected and work has been entrusted whether such person or authority is called a Managing Trustee, an agent, a correspondent, Manager, Superintendent, Secretary, President or Supervisor of the Premises or by any other name whatsoever;
21. (21) "Power" means any form of energy which is not generated by human or animal agency;
22. (22) "Premises" means any structure, whether temporary or permanent, where a lift or escalator is installed;
23. (23) "Prescribed" means prescribed by Rules made under this Act;
24. (24) "Private Premises" means any residential house comprising no more than a ground floor and two additional floors, with or without a basement, used solely for residential/habitation purpose by an individual and/or their family members. Such premises shall exclude commercial properties, multi-unit residential buildings, and any structures utilized for business, commercial, or public purposes;
25. (25) "Public Premises" means all premises which are not "Private Premises";
26. (26) "Registration" means registering of any Manufacturer or Makers of Lift or Escalator or any other person intending to erect/ install and /or to maintain the Lift or Escalator already installed within the State of Andhra Pradesh with the Chief Inspector of Lifts;
27. (27) "Registered Person" means any manufacturer or maker of Lifts or Escalators or any other person registered in accordance with section 12 of this Act and also includes any other person who is intending to carry out the business of erecting and/or installing and /or maintaining Lifts and Escalators already installed within the State of Andhra Pradesh;
28. (28) "Rules" means rules made under the Act;
29. (29) "Supplier" means any generating company or licensee under the Electricity Act, 2003 from whose system electricity flows in to the system of another generating company or licensee or consumer; and
30. (30) "Travel (Rise)" means the vertical distance between the bottom and top terminal floor levels of a lift or escalator measured in meters.