BC · Amendment
B.C. updates safety standards and inspection rules for automotive lifts in workplaces
B.C. Reg. 296/97 – Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, effective March 1, 2027 — under the Workers Compensation Act
Recorded date: July 28, 2026
Detected: October 28, 2026. Verify commencement in the official source.
Plain-language summary · AI-assisted
The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation has been amended to update requirements for automotive lifts used in workplaces. Operators must now ensure their automotive lift meets one of a listed set of ANSI or EN standards (including a new 2025 ANSI edition and a 2022 EN edition); lifts that do not meet any listed standard may continue operating only if they pass more frequent inspections—at least every four months by a qualified person and annually by an Automotive Lift Institute-certified inspector, with periodic certification required starting in 2030. Vehicle parking and storage lifts are explicitly excluded from the automotive lift rules. Assembly and installation rules are updated to reference a 2022 ANSI installation standard, and the maintenance and operations reference standard is updated from the 2000 to the 2020 edition. Lifts that fail a required inspection must be immediately taken out of service and tagged until they pass re-inspection.
Who this affects
automotive repair shop operators · vehicle service employers · workplace health and safety officers · lift inspection service providers · equipment installers
Check the official text
B.C. Reg. 136/2026 on the official source ↗
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