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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 602 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1973, chapter 425; in 1979, chapter 406.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75267,"section_number":"40.1-49.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-49.3\/"},{"id":74006,"section_number":"40.1-49.7","catch_line":"Same; publication of orders","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-49.7\/"}],"permalink":{"id":220047,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55589,"identifier":"40.1-44.1","token":"40.1\/3\/5\/40.1-44.1","url":"\/40.1-44.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-44.1\/","token":"40.1\/3\/5\/40.1-44.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rules and regulations relating to tramways and other hauling and lifting devices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-44.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> The Safety and Health Codes <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> in the adoption of rules and regulations under this title shall adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as are designed to protect the safety and health of the <span class=\"dictionary\">employees<\/span> engaged in the construction, maintenance, repair and operation of tramways or any other hauling or lifting device used as a public or <span class=\"dictionary\">employee<\/span> conveyance, and to protect the safety and health of the public or the <span class=\"dictionary\">employees<\/span> when using such conveyance in, about, or in connection with recreational areas, excluding vehicular travel covered by ICC, SCC, motor vehicle codes and &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Amusement devices\" href=\"\/36-98.3\/\">36-98.3<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-203798\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/40.1-44.1\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">b.<\/span> The rules and regulations adopted by the Safety and Health Codes <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be enforced as specified in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/40.1-49.3\/\">40.1-49.3<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Same; publication of orders\" href=\"\/40.1-49.7\/\">40.1-49.7<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-203799\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/40.1-44.1\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRAMWAYS AND OTHER HAULING AND LIFTING DEVICES\n(\u00a7 40.1-44.1)\n\na. The Safety and Health Codes Board in the adoption of rules and regulations\nunder this title shall adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as are\ndesigned to protect the safety and health of the employees engaged in the\nconstruction, maintenance, repair and operation of tramways or any other hauling\nor lifting device used as a public or employee conveyance, and to protect the\nsafety and health of the public or the employees when using such conveyance in,\nabout, or in connection with recreational areas, excluding vehicular travel\ncovered by ICC, SCC, motor vehicle codes and &#xA7; 36-98.3.\n\nb. The rules and regulations adopted by the Safety and Health Codes Board\npursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be enforced as specified in\n&#xA7;&#xA7; 40.1-49.3 through 40.1-49.7.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 602; 1973, c. 425; 1979, c. 406.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}