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Cranes - Approved Code of Practice for - Includes the Design, Manufacture, Supply, Safe Operation, Maintenance and Inspection of Cranes - 2001

THIS CODE HAS BEEN REVOKED - please refer to the APPROVED CODE OF PRACTICE FOR CRANES (THIRD EDITION).

  • Approved Code of Practice for Cranes (first edition) 2001
  • Approved Code of Practice for Cranes (second edition) 2007

These two codes of practice have been superseded by the third edition of the Approved Code of Practice for Cranes (published in January 2010), and have now been withdrawn from circulation.

Copies of Exemptions under the Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations 1999, along with a one-page duty-holder matrix can be downloaded from this page.