A620
Ord. No. 87/88
BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS (AMENDMENT)
(b) in subsection (2), by repealing "Principal Surveyor" and substituting
"authorized officer";
(c) by repealing subsection (3).
Section substituted
10. Section 13 is repealed and the following substituted-
"Documents to be delivered to Authority
in respect of new boilers and pressure
vessels
13. The owner of a new boiler or pressure vessel, other than a pres- surized fuel container, shall, not less than 30 days before the day on which he intends to put the boiler or pressure vessel into use, deliver to the Authority-
(a) one copy of the maker's certificate and one copy of the certificate of inspection during construction issued in respect of the boiler or pressure vessel by a recognized inspection body; or
(b) documentary evidence, to the satisfaction of the Authority, that the boiler or pressure vessel complies with a recognized engineering standard or code in respect of-
(i) the welders employed and welding procedures used in the construction and erection of and, if repairs have been carried out, in the repairs to, the boiler or pressure vessel;
(ii) heat treatment before and after welding;
(iii) tests and inspections carried out on the boiler or pressure vessel; and
(iv) any other relevant technical details that the Authority may, by notice in writing, specify; or
(c) where the owner can deliver neither the documents referred to in paragraph (a) nor the documents referred to in paragraph (b), details of the design and methods of construction, inspection and testing of the boiler or pressure vessel and its auxiliary equipment.”.
Section added
11. The following is added after section 18-
"Codes of Practice
18A. (1) For the purpose of ensuring acceptable standards in the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, examination, testing and operation of boilers and pressure vessels, the Authority may give advice, either generally in the form of Codes of Practice or particularly in writing, to any person.
(2) Failure on the part of any person to observe the provisions of any such Code or to accept any such particular advice shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings of any kind, but any such failure may, in any proceedings whether civil or criminal and including proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance, be relied upon by any party to the proceedings as tending to establish or to negative any liability which is in question in those proceedings.