Rotating gondola and chair lifts intended for recreational and entertainment purposes

Name, definition and whether the equipment is subject to technical inspection

Rotating gondola and chair lifts are powered gondola and chair lifts intended for recreational and entertainment purposes, rotating around a vertical axis or an axis tiled from the vertical, a horizontal axis or several different axes.

Common name: roundabouts.

All rotating gondola and chair lifts intended for recreational and entertainment purposes are subject to technical inspection.

Required technical documentation

Section 4(1) to (3) of the Regulation of the Minister for Entrepreneurship and Technology of 30 October 2018 on the technical inspection conditions for the operation, repair and upgrading of handling equipment:

1. When reporting handling equipment to the competent technical inspection authority, the operator shall enclose two copies of the documentation referred to in paragraph 2.

2. Unless the conformity assessment requirements set out in separate provisions or technical specifications agreed with the competent technical inspection authority provide otherwise, the documentation shall include in particular:

1. the identification and general description of the handling equipment, taking into account allowable operation configurations;

2. an overall drawing;

3. an operating manual;

4. electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams, if applicable;

5. a diagram of cable systems in drive systems;

6. the supporting documentation referred to in paragraph 3 for handling equipment installed on site;

7. a document certifying that the equipment has been correctly installed in an explosion hazard zone, if applicable.

The supporting documentation shall include:

1. a layout drawing of the assembled handling equipment, taking into account, in particular, the actual distance, not indicated in the overall drawing, between the handling equipment and its surroundings, passages, accessways and protective components, if any;

2. the handling equipment’s power supply diagrams, indicating, in particular, accessories, the type and size of safety components, and the type and kind of power cords;

3. a document certifying that assembly and tests have been correctly performed, except for lifts and their safety components, which are to meet the conformity assessment requirements set out in separate provisions;

4. records of measurements of the insulation resistance of electric circuits, earthing and lightning protection, and electric shock protection of the handling equipment installation, approved by a person that meets the qualification requirements for a supervisory position referred to in the provisions issued under Article 54(6) of the Energy Law Act of 10 April 1997 (Journal of Laws (Dziennik Ustaw) 2018, item 755, as amended);

5. a document certifying the correct performance of the part of construction work related to the handling equipment, if applicable.