The Employer shall fill up the Application for Periodic Inspection of Fixed Type Cranes (Annex 10) one (1) month before the expiry of the qualification certificate for the inspection of fixed type cranes and apply for periodic inspection at the inspecting organization; The cranes shall be prohibited from operation if the inspection is not applied for within the time limit or it does not pass through the test.The aforesaid periodic inspection shall include the inspections for the structure, performance of parts of the crane and the load test as well as other necessary items.The load test as stipulated in the preceding Paragraph refers to that the test of thehoisting, vertical traveling and rotation actions of the crane and the horizontal traveling action of the chain trolley etc. are carried out with a load equal to the rated load at the rated speed. However, this requirement may be exempted, if the Inspector deems it unnecessary.The stipulations in Article 15 shall apply totheload test stipulated in Paragraph 2 .