Definitions

Definitions. - In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-

1. (a) "Government" means the Government of the State of Bihar;
2. (b) "Inspector" means an officer appointed by State Government and also includes chief electrical Inspector under Sub-Section

1. (1) of Section 162 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Central Act 36 of 2003), who has Territorial Jurisdiction or as authorised over the place of installation of a lift or an escalator;
   • (c) "owner" means an owner or occupier or office bearer of a society or an association, or a tenant, of the whole or part of a premises, who has applied for registration;
   • (d) "passenger" means any person who uses the lift or escalator for the purpose of his conveyance; Explanation. - For the purpose of this clause, a lift operator shall also be treated as a passenger;
   • (e) power means any form of energy which is not generated by human or animal energy;
   • (f) "premises" means any structure, whether temporary or permanent, where a lift or escalator is installed;
   • (g) "registration" means assignment of a number to a lift or escalator by the Inspector under Section 4 of this Act.
   • (h) "lift" means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a cage which moves in an upward and downward direction, and work on power and is designed or is actually used to carry passengers or goods, or both;
     • (i) "lift cage" means a car or a cage of a lift used for the conveyance of passengers or goods, or both;
   • (j) "lift installation" includes a lift cage, a lift way, a lift way enclosure, and an operating mechanism of the lift and ropes, cables, wires, safety provisions and plant and machinery connected with the operation of the lift;
   • (k) "lift way" means a shaft or hoist way in which the lift cage travels;
   • (l) "lift way enclosure" includes any substantial structure surrounding or enclosing the lift way;
   • (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
   • (n) "automatic rescue device" means a device which, in case of power failure in the building, enables the lift to land and stop at the nearest landing floor and keeping the landing and open lift cage doors simultaneously;
   • (o) “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 building 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 upto the extended time which would be at least fifteen minutes;
   • (p) "escalator" means a moving inclined continuous stairway or runway used for raising or lowering passengers, which work on power;
   • (q) “lift pit” means the space in the lift well below the level of the lowest lift landing served;
   • (r) “balustrade” means a part of the escalator which ensures the user’s safety by providing stability, protecting from moving parts and supporting the handrail; “rated load” or “contract load” means the load at which the lift is designed to move as specified in the approved drawings;
   • (t) “rated speed” in case of a lift means maximum speed of the lift car in any part of its travel in up and down direction for which the lift equipment has been designed and in case of an escalator means a speed in the direction of the movement of the steps, pallets or belt for which the escalator has been designed as specified in the approved drawing;
   • (u) “section” means a section of this Act;
     • (v) “rules” means rules made under this Act;