Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis has lift and escalator rules in its national Building Code, the Seventh Schedule (Building Regulations, S.R.O. 7/2000) to the Development Control and Planning Act, Cap. 20.07 (revised edition to 31 December 2009). Section 1003 'Elevators and Escalators' requires lifts and escalators to be of proprietary manufacture, installed by an approved specialist contractor, and built, installed and maintained to relevant BSI, ANSI or other recognised international standards approved by the Board, citing ANSI A17.1 and BNS 162 'Lifts and Service Lifts'; it sets lift-well, pit, machine-room, smoke-vent and fire-rating rules and escalator rules (minimum 600 mm width, moving handrails, maximum 30° incline, stop buttons top and bottom). The code is based on the 1996 Caribbean Uniform Building Code (CUBiC) and other regional codes including the Bahamas Building Code. No periodic lift inspection rule was found.

Who regulates lifts

Development Control and Planning Board (Building Board) under the Development Control and Planning Act, Cap. 20.07; building safety sits with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (per ICC).

Periodic inspection

Not found. Code section 1003.1 requires maintenance to recognised standards and section 1004.1 requires equipment to be accessible for inspection, but no inspection interval or certificate rule was found.

Installer and maintenance licensing

Code section 1003.1: installation by an 'approved specialist contractor'; no licensing scheme or register found.

Laws, codes and standards

St. Kitts-Nevis Building Code (Building Regulations S.R.O. 7/2000) (2000) — St. Kitts-Nevis Building Code, Seventh Schedule to the Development Control and Planning Act, Cap. 20.07
Mandatory · Development Control and Planning Act, Cap. 20.07 (Act 14 of 2000, s.55(2), Seventh Schedule); Building Regulations S.R.O. 7/2000; revised edition to 31 Dec 2009 · Government of St Christopher and Nevis
ANSI A17.1 — Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Moving Walks
Referenced by law · Cited in St. Kitts-Nevis Building Code section 1003.1 as a recognised standard, subject to Board approval · ASME / ANSI

Lift associations and bodies

Development Control and Planning Board
St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS)

Last verified 2026-10-21. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.