211(1)An employer shall ensure that shaft ropes are removed immediately when hoisting in a shaft compartment is discontinued with no foreseeable date for resumption.

211(2)Where hoisting is to be temporarily suspended for a period in excess of one month, an employer shall advise an officer of the proposed suspension at least fourteen days before the suspension and shall inform the officer as to how and by whom shaft ropes are to be maintained during the period hoisting is suspended.

211(3)Where hoisting has been discontinued as described in subsection (1) or suspended as described in subsection (2) and is about to resume, an employer shall ensure that, before any shaft rope is reused, a representative sample of the rope is submitted for a test.

211(4)Section 205 applies with the necessary modifications to a test under subsection (3).

211(5)Where hoisting has been discontinued as described in subsection (1) or suspended as described in subsection (2) and is about to resume, an employer shall ensure that an officer is notified at least two days before hoisting resumes.