Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Macao
Macau regulates lifts, escalators and moving walks under Law No. 14/2022, the Legal Regime for the Safety of Lifting Equipment, in force from 1 April 2024 with its implementing Administrative Regulations No. 11/2023 and No. 39/2023. The Land and Public Works Bureau (DSSCU) supervises it. The responsible person must register the equipment and contract a licensed maintenance entity and a separate licensed inspection entity; the inspector issues an 'Inspection Approval Declaration' for safe operation. Before the law only a non-binding 2013 guideline existed.
Who regulates lifts
Land and Public Works Bureau (DSSCU / 土地工務局), Macao SAR
Periodic inspection
Annual inspection by a licensed independent inspection entity; equipment with unresolved defects is inspected every 8 months until fixed. Existing equipment must complete required safety improvements by 1 April 2027.
Installer and maintenance licensing
Yes: maintenance entities, inspection entities and technicians must be licensed/registered; staff of maintenance and inspection entities may not work for both. About 41 maintenance entities, 10 inspection entities and 151 technicians were certified in 2025 (news report).
Laws, codes and standards
- Law No. 14/2022 (2022) — Legal Regime for the Safety of Lifting EquipmentMandatory · Passed by the Legislative Assembly 29 Aug 2022; Official Gazette 2022 No. 36 (Series I); in force 1 Apr 2024 · Legislative Assembly of Macao SAR
- Administrative Regulation No. 11/2023 (2023) — Implementing rules of the Legal Regime for the Safety of Lifting EquipmentMandatory · Implements Law No. 14/2022 · Chief Executive, Macao SAR
- Administrative Regulation No. 39/2023 (2023) — Technical specifications and quality assurance criteria for lifting equipmentMandatory · Under Law No. 14/2022 · Chief Executive, Macao SAR
Lift associations and bodies
Last verified 2026-10-16. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.