BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS (AMENDMENT)
Ord. No. 87/88 A623
(d) by adding after subsection (2)(b)—
"(ba) where the air receiver is uncertified and the Authority, by notice in writing to the owner, so requires, the air receiver shall be subjected to an hydraulic test or to testing by a specified non-destructive technique; and".
Hydraulic tests
19. Section 44(4) is amended—
(a) by adding "in accordance with a recognized engineering standard or
code or" after "be" where it appears for the second time;
(b) in paragraph (a)(i), by repealing "2 000 pounds per square inch (or the SI equivalent namely 13.789 megapascals)" and substituting "14 megapascals";
(c) by repealing paragraph (a)(ii) and substituting
"(ii) shall be to that pressure plus 14 megapascals where the maximum permissible pressure exceeds 14 megapascals but does not exceed 28 megapascals; and";
(d) in paragraph (a)(iii), by repealing "4000 pounds per square inch (or the SI equivalent namely 27.579 megapascals)" and substituting "28 megapascals";
(e) in paragraph (b)(i), by repealing "100 pounds per square inch (or the SI equivalent namely 689.476 kilopascals)" and substituting "700 kilopascals";
(f) by repealing paragraph (b)(ii) and substituting—
"(ii) shall be to one and one-half times that pressure plus 350 kilopascals where the maximum permissible working pressure ex- ceeds 700 kilopascals.".
Appeals from determination of appointed examiner as to maximum permissible working pressure of boiler or
pressure receiver
20. Section 48(2) is amended by repealing "the Registrar and”.
Section added
21. The following is added after section 48-
"Variation by Authority of determination of
appointed examiner
48A. (1) Where
(a) a decision of an appointed examiner under section 47 relates to an
uncertified boiler or pressure vessel; and
(b) the Authority is of the opinion that it would not be safe to use the boiler or pressure vessel at the maximum permissible working pressure determined by the appointed examiner,
the Authority may, within 30 days of being notified of that decision, reduce the maximum permissible working pressure to a pressure at which, in the opinion of the Authority, the boiler or pressure vessel may be operated.
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