No contractor may use or permit the use of a suspended platform, unless-
- the design, stability and construction thereof comply with the safety standards;
- he or she is in possession of a certificate of system design issued by a professional engineer, certificated engineer or a professional technologist for the use of the suspended platform system; and
- he or she is, before the commencement of the work, in possession of an operational compliance plan developed by a competent person based on the certificate of system design and applicable to the environment in which the system is being used, which operational compliance plan must include proof of the-
(if) appointment of the competent person;
(ii) competency of erectors, operators and inspectors;
(iii) operational design calculations, which must comply with the requirements of the system design certificate;
(iv) performance test results;
(v) sketches indicating the completed system with the operational loading capacity of the platform;
(vi) procedures for and records of inspections having been carried out; and
(vii) procedures for and records of maintenance work having been carried out