Information provided by manufacturers; evaluation of incidents; engineering analyses

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5:3-42.1. Information provided by manufacturers; evaluation of incidents; engineering analyses

14. a. All persons manufacturing carnival-amusement rides to be erected, used or installed in this State shall provide to the department, on a form provided by the department, the information that the commissioner shall prescribe by rule.

b. Upon notification from an owner or operator of an incident, whether in this State or elsewhere, involving a critical component of a ride, the manufacturer of the ride shall promptly evaluate the information in the notification and, if necessary, provide, in the form of a safety bulletin, the results of that evaluation, together with any recommendations, to the department and to all known owners and operators of the ride in this State.

c. The department shall also have the authority to prohibit the sale, erection, use or installation of any carnival-amusement ride in this State upon a final determination, following exhaustion of all available remedies at law, that the manufacturer of the ride has repeatedly failed to comply with orders requiring engineering analyses to be prepared and submitted to the department or safety bulletins to be issued for individual carnival-amusement rides or classes of carnival-amusement rides or upon a final determination, following exhaustion of all available remedies at law, that the manufacturer has refused, on a repeated and egregious basis, to comply with orders to carry out the duties and obligations imposed by P.L.1975, c.105 (C.5:3-31 et seq.).

d. The requirements imposed by this section on a manufacturer shall apply equally to any person who obtains a supplemental modification certification.

L.2001,c.166,s.14.


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