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1988 Ed.]

Boilers and Pressure Vessels

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(i) any boiler to which this paragraph applies, in the case of which a period of 21 years has not expired since it was first taken into use;

(ii) any air receiver, other than a pressurized fuel container; and (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 31)

(iii) any steam receiver.

(2) Subsection (1)(b) 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 22 000 kilograms of steam per hour; (Amended 67 of 1978 s. 15; 87 of 1988 s. 13)

(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 capacity of not less than 11 000 kilograms of steam per hour; and

(ii) the total evaporative capacity of all the boilers is not less than 45 000 kilograms of steam per hour; and (Amended 67 of 1978 s. 15; 87 of 1988 s. 13)

(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 installation in a chemical or oil refinery processing plant.

(2A) Where-

(a) the Authority is satisfied that a boiler or pressure vessel cannot, because of operational requirements, be shut down for an examination required by subsection (1); and

(b) an appointed examiner has examined the boiler or pressure vessel while operating and is satisfied that it could continue to operate safely beyond the period within which the boiler or pressure vessel must be examined under subsection (1),

the Authority may, by notice in writing to the owner, extend that period for not more than 6 months and, if he does so, the relevant certificate of fitness shall remain in force until the end of that extended period. ( (Added 87 of 1988 s. 13)

(2B) Where an appointed examiner or authorized officer issuing a certificate of fitness in respect of a boiler or pressure vessel considers that the boiler or pressure vessel should, in the interests of safety, be examined within a shorter period than that specified in subsection (1), he shall notify the Authority of that fact and the Authority may, by endorsement on the certificate, shorten the period. (Added 87 of 1988 s. 13)

(3) For the purposes of this section-

(a) "boiler" and "steam receiver" include the auxiliary equipment of any

such boiler or steam receiver;

(b) “air receiver" includes the fittings and attachments thereof;

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