5:3-36. Rules, regulations

6. a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the safe design, manufacture, installation, repair, maintenance, use, operation and inspection of all carnival-amusement rides as the department may find necessary for the protection of the general public, including, but not limited to, regulations concerning written warnings and directions regarding the use of carnival-amusement rides. The commissioner is authorized to adopt by reference, with or without amendment, any code or standard issued by a nationally recognized organization, upon a finding that adoption of the code or standard would promote the purposes of P.L.1975, c.105 (C.5:3-31 et seq.); and is further authorized to recognize any code or standard issued by an internationally recognized organization upon a finding that its provisions are equivalent to codes or standards adopted pursuant to P.L.1975, c.105 (C.5:3-31 et seq.).

b. The commissioner shall prepare, and make available, a plain language summary of the requirements of P.L.1975, c.105 (C.5:3-31 et seq.) and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to P.L.1975, c.105 (C.5:3-31 et seq.) which shall delineate the responsibilities of all parties for rides which are type certified, rides which have a supplemental modification certification, rides which have individual approvals, and rides which have been accepted pursuant to a previously issued New Jersey serial number.

L.1975,c.105,s.6; amended 1998, c.10, s.2; 2001, c.166, s.3.