Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia's OECS Building Code edition (June 2015, covering Grenada, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia and Montserrat) requires lifts, elevators and escalators to conform with ANSI A17.1 and be installed by an approved specialist contractor (clause 1102.2); its legal adoption in Saint Lucia was not confirmed this session. The Employees (Occupational Health and Safety) Act, Cap. 16.02 (Act 10 of 1985, revised 2005), administered by the Labour Commissioner, requires lifting appliances to be safe, marked with their safe working load and thoroughly examined by a competent person at prescribed intervals, and lists failure of any lift as a dangerous occurrence; no prescribed interval was found.

Who regulates lifts

Labour Commissioner (OSH); Development Control Authority (building code)

Periodic inspection

Lifting appliances thoroughly examined by a competent person 'at such intervals as may be prescribed' (interval not found)

Installer and maintenance licensing

Building code requires an 'approved specialist contractor'; no licensing scheme found

Laws, codes and standards

Cap. 16.02 — Employees (Occupational Health and Safety) Act
Mandatory · Act 10 of 1985 (revised edition at 31 December 2005) · Parliament of Saint Lucia
OECS Building Code (2015) — OECS Building Code (Grenada, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia, Montserrat), June 2015
Voluntary · Adoption in Saint Lucia not confirmed this session · Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
ANSI/ASME A17.1 — Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (cited in the OECS Building Code as 'Standard Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks - ANSI A 17.1')
Referenced by law · OECS Building Code 2015 clause 1102.2 (binding where the code is adopted) · ASME / ANSI

Lift associations and bodies

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Last verified 2026-10-17. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.