What are the provisions of the Measures for On-site Safety Inspection of Agricultural Machinery?
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on the Safety Supervision and Administration of Agricultural Machinery, for the purposes of standardizing agricultural machinery safety inspection work, reducing hidden dangers of agricultural machinery accidents, improving the safety and technical condition of agricultural machinery, preventing and reducing agricultural machinery accidents, and safeguarding the safety of people's lives and property.
Article 2 For the purposes of these Measures, "agricultural machinery" refers to tractors, combine harvesters, motorized plant protection machinery, motorized threshers, feed grinders, rice transplanters, hay cutters, and other agricultural machinery determined by the provincial-level competent department of agricultural mechanization as potentially harmful to personal and property safety.
For the purposes of these Measures, "on-site safety inspection" refers to activities of conducting safety inspections of agricultural machinery at established inspection points, or at agricultural machinery operation sites, parking places, etc., within the prescribed time limits and in accordance with relevant safety technical standards or inspection technical specifications.
Article 3 On-site safety inspection of agricultural machinery shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, scientificity, and convenience for the people.
Article 4 The competent departments of agricultural mechanization of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be in charge of the on-site safety inspection of agricultural machinery within their respective administrative areas.
The agricultural machinery safety supervision and administration institutions affiliated with the competent departments of agricultural mechanization (hereinafter referred to as "agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions") shall be responsible for the implementation of on-site safety inspection of agricultural machinery within their respective administrative areas.
Article 5 The competent departments of agricultural mechanization of local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen leadership over and inspection of on-site safety inspection of agricultural machinery, improve the system of agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions, implement the provisions on including funds required for safety inspection in fiscal budgets, and ensure the normal conduct of free on-site safety inspection activities for agricultural machinery.
Article 6 The competent departments of agricultural mechanization of local people's governments at or above the county level shall support and guide agricultural machinery owners in strengthening safety maintenance of agricultural machinery. For those that participate in safety inspection on time in accordance with the law and continuously maintain a safe condition, priority arrangements shall be given when implementing national preferential policies.
Chapter II Inspection
Article 7 Agricultural machinery owners shall maintain and service agricultural machinery in a timely manner to ensure good safety and technical condition, and shall regularly apply to the agricultural machinery safety supervision institution at the place of residence for safety technical inspection.
Article 8 Agricultural machinery owners shall ensure that safety warning signs, protective devices, and other safety facilities of agricultural machinery are complete and effective.
Article 9 Those applying for tractor or combine harvester license plates and driving licenses for the first time shall undergo safety inspection in accordance with regulations and obtain a safety technical inspection certificate issued by the agricultural machinery safety supervision institution.
From the date of registration, tractors and combine harvesters shall be inspected once every year.
Article 10 Inspection qualification marks shall be issued in accordance with regulations for tractors that pass inspection, and driving licenses shall be endorsed for combine harvesters that pass inspection. Inspection qualification certificates shall be kept in the files of tractors and combine harvesters.
Article 11 When motorized plant protection machinery, motorized threshers, feed grinders, rice transplanters, hay cutters, and other agricultural machinery undergo safety inspection for the first time, their owners shall provide proof of origin, and basic information on the agricultural machinery and the individual. The specific interval for periodic inspection shall be determined by the competent department of agricultural mechanization of the provincial-level people's government based on the actual needs of local machinery operation and use.
Article 12 If the competent department of agricultural mechanization discovers hidden dangers of accidents in agricultural machinery during safety inspection, it shall inform the owner to stop using it and promptly eliminate the hidden dangers.
Agricultural machinery owners shall eliminate the hidden dangers within the prescribed time limit and promptly apply for inspection again.
Article 13 Under any of the following circumstances, the original inspection qualification result of agricultural machinery shall become invalid:
(1) It should be scrapped in accordance with relevant national regulations;
(2) It has been modified without authorization;
(3) Main components related to safety performance have been replaced.
Article 14 The Ministry of Agriculture shall be responsible for formulating safety inspection technical specifications for tractors, combine harvesters, and other agricultural machinery with strong nationwide applicability. Where there are no unified national safety inspection technical specifications, the competent department of agricultural mechanization of the provincial-level people's government shall formulate corresponding local safety inspection technical specifications based on the actual conditions of local agricultural machinery safe operation and use.
Chapter III Administration
Article 15 Agricultural machinery safety inspection personnel shall engage in safety inspection work only after passing training and examinations and obtaining relevant certificates.
Article 16 Agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions shall be equipped with equipment, instruments, and vehicles that meet the requirements of on-site safety inspection of agricultural machinery.
Article 17 Agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions shall strengthen the training of agricultural machinery safety inspection personnel and internal management, continuously improve the level of safety inspection services, and give full play to the role of townships and villages in agricultural machinery safety inspection work.
Agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions may engage in-service rural agricultural machinery technicians of townships and villages who meet the conditions specified in the preceding paragraph to participate in inspection work.
Article 18 When organizing safety inspection, agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions shall formulate and announce an inspection plan, specifying the type, time, and place of agricultural machinery participating in the inspection, and the announcement period shall be no less than 10 days.
Article 19 Safety inspection sites shall meet the requirements of safety, convenience for the people, and efficiency.
Article 20 Agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions and their safety inspection personnel shall conduct on-site safety inspection of agricultural machinery strictly in accordance with relevant safety inspection technical specifications, and shall be responsible for the inspection results.
Article 21 Agricultural machinery safety supervision institutions implementing on-site safety inspection shall establish and improve on-site safety inspection files for agricultural machinery, and preserve inspection results and relevant technical materials in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Article 22 Where agricultural machinery is put into use without inspection or fails inspection, the competent department of agricultural mechanization of the local people's government at or above the county level shall handle the matter in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations on the Safety Supervision and Administration of Agricultural Machinery and other laws and regulations.
Chapter IV Supplementary Provisions
Article 23 These Measures shall come into force on February 1, 2012.