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CAP. 56]
Boilers and Pressure Vessels
[1988 Ed.
(4) Every place in which a boiler is situated shall be maintained in a clean condition and free from any waste inflammable material.
(5) Every appliance provided in connection with a boiler or its auxiliary equipment for use in combatting an outbreak of fire shall be properly maintained and situated in a readily accessible place.
23. (Repealed 67 of 1978 s. 14)
New boilers and pressure vessels to be examined before being put into use
24. (1) Upon completion of the installation of a new boiler or pressure vessel, other than an air receiver, and before the same is put into use, the boiler or pressure vessel and its auxiliary equipment shall be examined by an appointed examiner. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 12)
(2) Every new air receiver, other than a pressurized fuel container, and its fittings and attachments shall be examined by an appointed examiner before it is put into use. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 31)
Boilers and steam receivers to be used in new premises to be examined before being put into use
25. Every boiler or steam receiver that is to be put into use in premises other than those in which it was previously used shall, together with its auxiliary equipment, be examined by an appointed examiner before it is put into use in such premises.
Boilers and pressure vessels to which extensive repairs, etc. have been made to be examined before being again put into use
26. (1) Every boiler or steam receiver in respect of which extensive repairs have been carried out or, save where the same is designed so as to be transportable from one place to another, that has been removed from one part of any premises to another part thereof shall, together with its auxiliary equipment, be examined by an appointed examiner before it is again put into use.
(2) Every air receiver, other than a pressurized fuel container, in respect of which extensive repairs have been carried out or, save where the same is designed so as to be transportable from one place to another, that has been removed from one part of any premises to another part thereof shall, together with its fittings and attachments, be examined by an appointed examiner before it is again put into use. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 31)
Periodic examination of boilers and pressure vessels
27. (1) Save as otherwise provided--
(a) a boiler, other than a boiler to which paragraph (b) applies, shall be examined by an appointed examiner within 14 months after the date of any certificate of fitness issued in respect thereof; and
(b) the following shall be examined by an appointed examiner within 26 months after the date of any certificate of fitness issued in respect thereof--
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