BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS
Ord. No. 67/78
A217
(AMENDMENT)
11. (1) Section 15A of the principal Ordinance is repealed and Repeal and replaced by the following-
"Owner of
new boiler,
pressure receiver etc.
to apply for registration.
15A. The owner of a new boiler, pressure receiver other than a pressure vessel, or steam container shall, not later than thirty days preceding the day on which he intends to put the same into use, apply to the Registrar in the prescribed form for registration of the same under this Ordinance.".
(2) Where an owner intends to put a new boiler, pressure receiver other than a pressure vessel, or steam container into use within 2 months after the commencement of this Ordinance, section 15A of the principal Ordinance (as inserted by subsection (1) of this section) shall be deemed in such case to require the owner to apply for registration as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Ordinance.
replacement of section 15A and transitional provision.
12. Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of subsection (1) and substituting the following-
"(1) The Registrar shall, upon receipt of the documents required by section 13 or 14, as the case may be, and of an application for registration under section 15A, allot a registration number to the boiler, pressure receiver or steam container and enter particulars of the boiler, pressure receiver or steam container in the appropriate register.".
section 16.
13. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "Without prejudice to subsection (2) of section 11, the" and substituting section 18. the following-
"The".
14. Section 23 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
15. Section 27(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended—
(a) in paragraph (a) by inserting, after "50,000 pounds", the
following-
"(or the SI equivalent namely 22,680 kilograms)"; and
(b) in paragraph (b)—–
(i) in sub-paragraph (i) by inserting, after "25,000 pounds", the following-
"(or the SI equivalent namely 11,340 kilograms)"; and (ii) in sub-paragraph (ii) by inserting, after "100,000 pounds”, the following-—
"(or the SI equivalent namely 45,359 kilograms)".
16. Section 38 of the principal Ordinance is amended—
(a) in subsection (1)--
Repeal of section 23.
Amendment of section 27.
Amendment of section 38.
(i) by deleting “23,"; and
(ii) by deleting paragraph (d) and substituting the following— "(d) finally, on the first occasion on which steam is again raised therein, the boiler, save for any economizer or superheater that may be fitted therein, shall be—
(i) examined when it is under the pressure that will be specified in the certificate of fitness as the maximum