1962-HKRS28-8-29_Part02 — Page 37

Application.

Appointment

of Registrar,

Principal

Surveyor, boiler

inspectors and air receiver

inspectors.

have been carried out, but, save where the same are occasioned by an explosion in the boiler or pressure receiver, does not include repairs that consist of the renewal of a part of a boiler or pressure receiver where-

(a) the part or fitting used in the renewal is a part or fitting that- (1) was manufactured by the person who manufactured the boiler or pressure receiver; or

(ii) if not having been so manufactured, is, to the satis- faction of an appointed examiner, not less in strength and efficiency than the part which it replaces; and

(b) if the fixing of the part or fitting affects or may affect the structure of the boiler or pressure receiver, the same is fixed to the satisfaction of an appointed examiner.

3.

(1) This Ordinance applies to every boiler, pressure receiver and steam container other than-

(a) a boiler, a pressure receiver or a steam container belonging to

the Crown;

(6) a boiler, a pressure receiver or a steam container that is used

solely for domestic purposes:

(c) a boiler, a pressure receiver or a steam container that is part of the equipment of a ship, boat or other such vessel or of a motor vehicle or tramcar;

(d) a pressure vessel having a maximum storage capacity that does

not exceed one gallon; and

(e) the boiler or pressure receiver of any locomotive belonging to, or operated by or on, the Kowloon-Canton Railway so long as any conditions that the Registrar may, from time to time, impose in relation to the boiler or pressure receiver arc com- plied with.

(2) Parts II, III, IV, V and VI of this Ordinance and sections 49, 50, 51, 60, 61 and 62 do not apply to portable gas generators.

4.

PART II.

APPOINTMENT OF RegistrAR, PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR, ETC.. KEEPING OF REGISTERS, CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY, BOARDS OF INQUIRY AND EXEMPTIONS.

(1) The Governor may appoint--

(a) a public officer to be the Registrar of Boilers and Pressure

Receivers:

(b) a public officer to be the Principal Surveyor of Boilers and

Pressure Receivers; and

(c) such number of persons as he considers necessary, having such qualifications as he considers sufficient, to be boiler inspectors or air receiver inspectors,

(2) The Governor may, at any time, revoke any such appointment and may suspend the appointment of any person to be a boiler inspec- tor or an air receiver inspector for such time as he thinks fit.

of pressure

5. The Principal Surveyor may appoint such number of persons Appoint- as he considers necessary, having such qualifications (if any) as he con- ment, etc. siders sufficient, to be pressure vessel inspectors and may, at any time, vessel revoke any such appointment or suspend the appointment of any person inspectors. to be a pressure vessel inspector for such time as he thinks fit.

6. (1) The Principal Surveyor may, upon application in writing Certificates therefor and upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue a certificate of competency to any person who-

(a) has produced to him evidence that satisfies him as to the suitability of that person to be issued therewith and as to his experience in the operation of all classes and types of boiler and steam receiver or of boilers or steam receivers, or both, of the class or type to be specified in the certificate of com- petency, as the case may be; or

(b) has satisfied such examiners as the Principal Surveyor may appoint as to his suitability to be issued therewith and as to bis competence to operate all classes and types of boiler and steam receiver or boilers or steam receivers, or both, of the class or type to be specified in the certificate of competency, as the case may be.

(2) Every certificate of competency shall be in the prescribed form and shall, as the case may be, certify that the person to whom it is issued is-

(2) competent to operate all classes and types of boiler and steam

receiver and their auxiliary equipment; or

(b) competent to operate boilers or steam receivers, or both, and their auxiliary equipment, of the class or type specified therein. (3) Where the Principal Surveyor is satisfied that a person to whom he has issued a certificate of competency certifying that that person is competent to operate boilers or steam receivers, or both, of a specified class or type is, as the case may be, competent to operate all classes and types of boiler and steam receiver or competent to operate a class or type of boiler or steam receiver in addition to the

of

compe tency.