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CAP. 56]
Boilers and Pressure Vessels
[1988 Ed.
(c) the date of a certificate of fitness shall, where different dates are entered therein in respect of different examinations and tests carried out, be deemed to be the date first in time of such dates.
(Replaced 60 of 1967 s. 6)
Examination of steam containers
28. (1) Save as provided in subsection (2), every steam container shall be examined by a boiler inspector, in order to ensure that the outlet therefrom is open and free from obstruction, whenever the boiler that supplies steam thereto is examined in accordance with this Ordinance.
(2) Every steam container shall be examined by a boiler inspector for the like purpose before it is put into use.
Examination of new fuel burning installations and heaters fitted therein, etc.
29. (1) Every new fuel burning installation shall be examined by an appointed examiner before it is put into use.
(2) Every new heater fitted in a fuel burning installation shall, before it is put into use, be subjected by an appointed examiner to an hydraulic test, which shall be to not less than twice the maximum pressure to which the heater may be subjected when it is being used.
(3) (a) Every pipe that is used for conveying fuel from a pump or gravity tank to the burners in a fuel burning installation and every fitting connected with any such pipe shall be tested by an appointed examiner
(i) in the case of a new such pipe, after the pipe has been jointed and before it is put into use; and
(ii) in the case of any such pipe, within 7 days after the Authority so requires. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 35)
(b) Every such test shall be to-
(i) twice the maximum pressure to which the fuel system is or will be subjected under normal working conditions; or
(ii) the pressure specified in a recognized engineering standard or code. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 30)
Steam or water pipes to be hydraulically tested in certain cases
30. Where—
(a) any pipe that conveys or will or may convey oils, steam or water under pressure to or from a boiler, steam receiver or steam container is renewed or is added to a boiler, steam receiver or steam container; or (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 37)
(b) extensive repairs or alterations are carried out to any such pipe or to any system of such pipes,
the pipe or pipes shall, before being subjected or again subjected, as the case may be, to pressure, be subjected by a boiler inspector to an hydraulic test.
(Amended 87 of 1988 s. 14)