BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS (AMENDMENT)
L.S.
HONG KONG
No. 67 OF 1978
I assent.
Ord. No. 67/78
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DENYS ROBERTS,
Acting Governor.
20th July, 1978.
An Ordinance to amend the Boilers and Pressure Receivers Ordinance.
[21st July, 1978]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Boilers and Pressure Receivers Short title. (Amendment) Ordinance 1978.
2. The long title to the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "explosions in" and substituting the following-
3.
"accidents in or to".
Section 2(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting the definition of "existing" which first appears;
(b) by inserting after the definition of "factory inspector" the follow-
ing definition-
"inspector (land boilers)" means a public officer who has been appointed as an inspector (land boilers) under sec- tion 4(1)(d);”; and
(c) in both of the definitions of "new" by inserting at the end
thereof the following-
"or that is put into use, or intended to be put into use, in circumstances where this Ordinance, after having been in- applicable thereto by virtue of section 3, first applies thereto in accordance with subsection (3) of that section".
4. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting the following-
"(c) a boiler, pressure receiver or steam container that is part of the fixed equipment of a vessel or other floating craft, whether or not the vessel or craft is used or intended for use in navigation;
(ca) an air receiver that is used solely for, or that is part of the equipment used solely for, either or both of the following purposes-
(i) supplying locomotive power to a vehicle intended or adapted for use on a road or tramway;
(ii) operating the ancillary equipment of such a vehicle which is used for the carriage of passengers or goods;"; and
long title. (Cap. 56.)
Amendment of section 2.
Amendment of section 3.