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the bottom surface of the receptacle.

 Table 5
SWL of article (tonnes)  Proof load
≤ 3                      SWL × 2
> 3 and  ≤ 12            SWL + 3 tonnes
> 12 and  ≤ 20           SWL × 1.25
> 20                     SWL + 5 tonnes

      (2) After testing the article, it must be examined by a competent person for permanent deformation or other damage or defects.

9 Lifting beams, spreaders, lifting frames, magnetic lifting devices and vacuum lifting devices
      (1) If a lifting beam, spreader, lifting frame, magnetic lifting device or vacuum lifting device is tested, the proof load must be:
(a) at least the load mentioned in Table 6 for it; and
(b) attached in the way for which the article is designed.

 Table 6
SWL of article (tonnes)  Proof load
≤ 10                     SWL × 2
> 10 and  ≤ 160          (SWL × 1.04) + 9.6 tonnes
> 160                    SWL × 1.1

      (2) After testing the article, it must be examined by a competent person for damage or permanent deformation.

10 Wire ropes — testing
      (1) A sample of manufactured wire rope to be used in loading or unloading must be tested to destruction in accordance with AS 3569-2010 Steel Wire Ropes — Product specification, as at the date of amendment by AS 3569-2010/Amdt 1-2012, or equivalent international standard.
      (2) The safe working load for a wire rope is:
        where:
safety factor is:
(a) at least:
     ; and
(b) for a SWL up to 10 tonnes — no greater than 5; and
(c) for a SWL of at least 160 tonnes — at least 3.

11 Wire ropes — inspection
      (1) An inspection of wire rope must be made by a responsible person at intervals of not more than:
(a) if the wire rope does not pass over a sheave or a winding drum —12 months; or
(b) if the wire rope passes over a sheave or winding drum — 6 months.
       (2) The responsible person must inspect the rope externally and, as far as practical, internally to determine whether the rope is worn, corroded or defective to an extent that makes it unfit for the proposed use.
      (3) A wire rope may be used only if:
(a) a competent person has issued a certificate for the rope; and
(b) a responsible person has, immediately before its initial use, inspected the rope in accordance with subclause (2); and
(c) the rope is free from knots and kinks; and
(d) the rope complies with the structural requirements mentioned in Schedule 4; and
(e) evidence, based on prototype testing, that any terminal or end fitting on the rope complies with clause 12 is recorded in the register of material handling equipment.
       (4) A rope