Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Seychelles
No lift-specific law is in force. The Occupational Safety and Health Decree (Decree 54 of 1978, Cap. 151) does not mention lifts by name: it lets the Minister make regulations on the installation, examination, testing and inspection of 'plant' (s.34(b)), requires accidents and dangerous occurrences to be reported to the Director within 48 hours (s.32), and lists the collapse or failure of a 'crane, derrick, winch, hoist … or other appliance used in raising or lowering persons or goods' as a reportable dangerous occurrence (Schedule Part II, item 2). No regulation made under it for lifts was found. The Physical Planning (Building) Regulations, 2024 (S.I. 43 of 2024) contain a lift rule (reg. 29: passenger lifts to all upper floors of new public buildings of groups B, E, F, G and H higher than Ground + 2; car at least 1100 x 1400 mm; doors at least 800 mm clear) but they come into operation only on a date the Minister appoints by Gazette notice, and a 2026 practice guide says they have not yet been brought into force. They refer to Seychelles Standards and, through them, British Standards; no lift standard is named.
Who regulates lifts
Ministry responsible for employment (Occupational Safety and Health); Seychelles Planning Authority for building regulations (lift rule not yet in force)
Periodic inspection
Not found (the OSH Decree allows regulations on examination and inspection of plant, but none for lifts was found)
Installer and maintenance licensing
Not found
Laws, codes and standards
- Occupational Safety and Health Decree (Decree 54 of 1978, Cap. 151) — Occupational Safety and Health DecreeMandatory · Decree 54 of 1978, Cap. 151 of the Laws of Seychelles (SeyLII consolidated text) · Government of Seychelles
- Physical Planning (Building) Regulations, 2024 (S.I. 43 of 2024) (2024) — Physical Planning (Building) Regulations, 2024Voluntary · Made under the Physical Planning Act, 2021 (Act 55 of 2021); reg. 1: comes into operation on a date the Minister appoints by Gazette notice · Minister responsible for physical planning; administered by the Seychelles Planning Authority
Lift associations and bodies
Last verified 2026-10-21. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.