| Labour and Workforce Development
Elevators and Lifts Inspection Services: Contractor Registration |
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| Who Needs This Registration?
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Any contractor who installs any kind of elevating device in
Nova Scotia.
Note: This includes passenger and freight elevators, escalators,
dumb-waiters, man-lifts, lifts for the physically disabled, rope tows,
pony lifts, chair ski lifts, T-bar lifts, gondola lifts, and reversible
ropeways (except those units listed in Section 3 of Elevators and Lifts
Act) and Section 5 of the Elevators and Lifts General Regulations.
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| Issuing Department / Agency:
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Labour and Workforce Development
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| Where can you get this Registration
and / or further information? |
Building, Fire and Technical Safety Division
Elevators and Lifts Inspection Services
Labour and Workforce Development
Phone: (902) 424-5721
Fax: (902) 424-3239
Email:rannima@gov.ns.ca
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Office
Location:
5151 Terminal Road
6th Floor
Halifax, NS B3J 1A1
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 697
Halifax, NS B3J 2T8 |
| Application Forms & Process:
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An application form can be obtained from the Manager, Elevators
and Lifts Inspection Services, Building, Fire and Technical Safety Division, Labour and Workforce Development.
When completed, it is submitted to the Department, for approval by
the Manager, Elevators and Lifts Inspection Services.
If all requirements are met and the application is approved, the registration
will be sent to the applicant by mail.
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| Waiting Period: |
Immediate
Provided that all the items that must accompany the application have been received
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| Expiry & Renewal:
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This registration is valid until December 31 of the calendar
year in which it is issued. It can be renewed. It is
the responsibility of the Registration holder to contact the Department
before it expires; NO NOTICE of renewal will be sent out by the Department.
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| Price: (No tax is charged) |
a. For Initial Registration of a Contractor: $238.76
b. For Annual Registration of a Contractor: $119.38
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| Related Requirements: |
None
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| Additional Information: |
- The types of elevators and lifts which do not require this licence
are listed in Section 3 of the Nova Scotia
Elevators and Lifts Act.
- Please refer to the clauses, definitions and limitations set out
by the Act and Regulations, or contact Labour and Workforce Development .
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| Legislative Authority: |
Elevators and Lifts Act and Regulations, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 2002, Chapter 4, Section 23.
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