(1) An employer shall ensure that -
(a) subject to paragraph (2), a chain, rope or other lifting accessory is not used in raising or lowering or as a means of suspension unless -
(i) it is of good construction, sound material, adequate strength, suitable quality and free from patent defect,
(ii) it is properly installed and used,
(iii) it is properly maintained,
(iv) it is used only for the purpose for which it was intended,
(v) except in the case of a fibre rope or fibre rope sling, it has been tested and examined by a competent person and there has been obtained a certificate of such test and examination specifying the safe working load and signed by the person making, or responsible for, the carrying out of the test and examination,
(vi) in the case of a fibre rope or fibre rope sling, information from the manufacturer on its safe working load is available, and
(vii) it is marked in plain legible figures and letters with the safe working load and a means of identification, unless pa
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