Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Samoa
NOT CONFIRMED FOR LIFTS: Samoa regulates building through Part 4 of the Ministry of Works Act 2002 (s29 adopts the National Building Code of Samoa; s32A building permits; administered by the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure, which states that no building may start without a building permit under that Act and/or a development consent under the Planning and Urban Management Act 2004). The NBC (1990; a 2017 draft revision exists) is AS/NZS-based; its text was not readable in this run (PacLII and the SPC copy refused access), so whether it has a lift clause is unknown. Workplace safety is the Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002 (Commissioner of Labour): it does NOT name lifts or escalators; its 'plant' definition covers hoisting machinery in logging, construction, quarrying and mining, and s31 lets regulations regulate plant, certify operators and register plant. OSH Regulations 2017 exist (secondary source) but their text was not read. No lift-specific law, lift standard, periodic inspection regime or installer licensing was found.
Who regulates lifts
Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (building permits, National Building Code); Commissioner of Labour / Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (workplace safety). No lift-specific regulator found.
Periodic inspection
Not found. The OSH Act 2002 sets no lift inspection regime; regulation-making powers on plant (s31) exist but no lift regulation was found.
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not found
Laws, codes and standards
- Ministry of Works Act 2002, Part 4 (ss29, 31, 32A) (2002 (consolidated 2023)) — Ministry of Works Act 2002 - building regulation, National Building Code and building permitsMandatory · Act of Parliament · Parliament of Samoa; administered by the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure
- Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002 (No. 5 of 2002) (2002) — Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002Mandatory · Act of Parliament, assented 28 March 2002 · Parliament of Samoa; administered by the Department of Labour / Commissioner of Labour
- National Building Code of Samoa (1990 (as adopted under s29)) — National Building Code of SamoaReferenced by law · Ministry of Works Act 2002 s29 · Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure
- National Building Code of Samoa 2017 (draft) (2017 draft) — Samoa National Building Code 2017 - draftVoluntary · None - draft · Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure
- MCIL OSH Guide - Managing the risks of plant in the workplace (2021) — Occupational Safety and Health Guide: PlantVoluntary · Guidance under the OSH Act 2002 · Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour
Lift associations and bodies
- Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL)
- Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (MWTI)
Last verified 2026-10-22. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.