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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988

BOILERS ORDINANCE BEING UPDATED

IN

THE

THE BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS ORDINANCE NEEDS UPDATING

LINE WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED SEVERAL PLACES TO BRING IT IN STANDARDS AND PRACTICE, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, HON RON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING

SECOND READING

SEPARATE

AND PRESSURE THE

OF THE BOILERS

FOR HISTORICAL RECEIVERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988, MR BRIDGE SAID THAT

ADMINISTERING AUTHORITIER WERE TWO REASONS THERE ORDINANCE THE REGISTRAR AND THE PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR.

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THE

THIS

ARTIFICIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES.

SEPARATION

OF

AUTHORITIES

CAUSED

"CLAUSE

6 OF THE

AUTHORITY, THE BOILERS AND

THEREFORE BILL PRESSURE VESSELS

FOR PROVIDES

A TO AUTHORITY,

SINGLE REPLACE

་

THEM, HE SAID.

"OUR INTENTION IS TO APPOINT THE

COMMISSIONER FOR

LABOUR

AS

帖

THE NEW AUTHORITY.

MR BRIDGE SAID THE PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR NOW TO INSPECT BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS. SUSPEND SUCH APPOINTMENTS.

APPOINTED EXAMINERS HE COULD ALSO REVOKE AND

THERE WAS NO PROVISION

FOR

APPEAL

AGAINST

HIS DECISION

ΤΟ

REVOKE OR SUSPEND.

"CLAUSE 6 PROVIDES FOR APPEAL TO THE SECRETARY AND MANPOWER," HE SAID.

FOR EDUCATION

AUTHORITY'S DECISION

"HOWEVER, IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY THE WOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT PENDING AN APPEAL.

WITHIN THE EXISTING

DEFINITION

OF

MR BRIDGE SAID EQUIPMENT "PRESSURE RECEIVER" WAS INVARIABLY REFERRED TO AS A "PRESSURE VESSEL" IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE; AND EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE EXISTING DEFINITION

ΤΟ AS A"PRESSURISED OF "PRESSURE VESSEL" SHOULD CONTAINER".

FUEL

BE REFERRED

CLAUSE 3(H) OF THE BILL

TO SOUGHT

REVISE THESE DEFINITIONS

ACCORDINGLY.

ALSO ORDINANCE AS A RESULT, THE TITLE OF CHANGED TO BOILED AND PRESSURE VESSELS ORDINANCE.

THE

NEEDED TO

ВЕ

THE SECRETARY SAID THE ORDINANCE NOW REFERRED TO BOTH UNITS AND THEIR EQUIVALENT IN METRIC UNITS.

IMPERIAL

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