Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in NR
Nauru has no lift or escalator law, lift inspection regime or lift installer licence. Building control rests on the Building Control Act 2025 (Act No 12 of 2025, certified and commenced 9 April 2025), which creates a Building Control Committee, a Director of Building Control, a Registrar and register of building constructors, building permits and building inspectors; s11 lets Cabinet prescribe a National Building Code by regulations, incorporating nationally, regionally or internationally recognised standards. No such Code regulation appears in RONLAW (only the Act, its Bill papers and gazettes match); a draft NBC 2023 was endorsed in preliminary form by a Technical Working Group (PRIF) and building codes status sources describe it as AS/NZS-based and in draft. The Act does not mention lifts, and a full-text search of Nauru's official legal database (RONLAW) returns no 'elevator' anywhere and no building-lift use of 'lift' in any Act or regulation. The Act is administered by the Department of Infrastructure Development (Minister for Infrastructure Development) per the Administrative Arrangements (No 2) Order 2026. Nauru has no dedicated occupational health and safety Act in RONLAW.
Who regulates lifts
Building Control Committee and Director of Building Control under the Building Control Act 2025, within the Department of Infrastructure Development; no lift-specific regulator
Periodic inspection
None found. Building inspectors under Part 7 of the Building Control Act 2025 inspect building work and issue completion/occupancy certificates; no lift or plant periodic inspection.
Installer and maintenance licensing
No lift-installer licence. Building Control Act 2025 Part 4 requires registration of building constructors generally (Registrar of Building Constructors).
Laws, codes and standards
- Building Control Act 2025 (Act No 12 of 2025) (2025 (RONLAW Service 6)) — Building Control Act 2025Mandatory · Act of the Parliament of Nauru; commences on certification by the Speaker; certified and commenced 9 April 2025 · Parliament of Nauru; administered by the Department of Infrastructure Development
- Nauru National Building Code (NBC 2023, draft) — Nauru National Building Code (preliminary draft)Voluntary · To be prescribed by Cabinet regulations under s11 of the Building Control Act 2025; not yet prescribed · Nauru Building Codes Technical Working Group (Government and private sector), PRIF-supported
Lift associations and bodies
- Building Control Committee (Nauru)
- Department of Infrastructure Development (Nauru)
Last verified 2026-10-22. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.