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Amendment of section 3.

Amendment of section 16.

Amendment of section 20.

Repeal and

replacement of section 27.

3. Subsection (1) of section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in paragraph (c). by deleting "of a ship, boat or other such vessel or of a motor vehicle or tramcar" and sub- stituting the following-

"supplying motive power to a vehicle intended or adapted for use on a road or tramway or to a vessel": and

(6) in paragraph (d), by inserting the following after

"gallon"-

"of liquid fuel or 277 cubic inches of fuel vapour".

4. Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "marked on the boiler, pressure receiver or steam con- tainer in a conspicuous position" în subsection (2) and substituting the following

"engraved, whether by impression or incision, in a conspicu. ous position on the boiler, pressure receiver or steam con- tainer and to be clearly legible",

5. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following-

"(3) The owner of a pressure vessel shall cause the registration number thereof, notified by the Registrar under subsection (2), to be engraved, whether by impression or incision, in a conspicuous position on the pressure vessel and to be clearly legible at all times.".

6. Section 27 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-

"Periodic

examination

of boilers and pressure receivers.

27. (1) Save as otherwise provided-

(a) a boiler, other than a boiler to which para- graph (6) applies, shall be examined by as appointed examiner within fourteen mouths after the date of any certificate of fituess issued in respect thereof; and

(b) the following shall be examined by an ap- pointed examiner within twenty-six months after the date of any certificate of fitness issued in respect thereof-

(1) any boiler to which this paragraph applies, in the case of which a period of

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twenty-one years has not expired since it was first taken into use;

(ii) any air receiver, other than a pressure vessel; and

(ii) any steam receiver.

(2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall apply

to a boiler of any of the following kinds-

(a) a water tube boiler of which the drums and any headers are of fusion welded or solid forged construction and which has an evaporative capacity of not less than 50,000 pounds of steam per hour;

(b) a boiler in a group of water tube boilers of which the drums and any headers are of fusion welded or solid forged construction, being a group in which-

(i) each boiler has an evaporative capac- ity of not less than 25,000 pounds of steam per hour; and

(ii) the total evaporative capacity of all the boilers is not less than 100,000 pounds of steam per hour; and

(c) a boiler which is a waste heat boiler or heat exchanger with fusion welded longitudinal and circumferential seams, or a super-heater of fusion welded construction, and which is an integral part of a continuous flow installa- tion in a chemical or oil refinery processing plant.

(3) For the purposes of this section-

(a) "boiler" and "steam receiver" include the auxiliary equipment of any such bailer or steam receiver;

(6) "air receiver" includes the fittings and

attachments thereof;

(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.".