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Regulation Still Required Compliance With Older ANSI Standard, Not Updated Version: Tribunal

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Where the government had not updated a regulation to require compliance with a newer version of an ANSI standard, the law still required compliance with the old version, a federal tribunal has decided.

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Where the government had not updated a regulation to require compliance with a newer version of an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard, the law still required compliance with the old version, a federal tribunal has decided.

Section 2.9 of the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations required that "A fixed ladder installed after the day of the coming into force of this section shall be designed, constructed and installed in accordance with the requirements of ANSI Standard A14.3-1984 entitled American National Standard for Ladders — Fixed — Safety Requirements, as amended from time to time, other than section 7 of that Standard."

That 1984 ANSI standard was replaced by new versions in 1992 and 2008.

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