1988 Ed.]
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fitness, the boiler or pressure vessel may safely be used and operated having regard to the pressure to be specified in the certificate of fitness as the maximum permissible working pressure at which the boiler or pressure vessel may be operated; and
(ii) in the case of a steam receiver, that the steam receiver and the pipe connecting the steam receiver with any supply of steam are of sufficient strength to withstand any pressure of steam to which they may be subjected; and
(iii) in the case of an air receiver, that the air receiver and the pipe connecting the air receiver with any supply of air are of sufficient strength to withstand any pressure to which they may be subjected, he shall issue to the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel a certificate of fitness, and, where, upon such an examination, such appointed examiner is not satisfied as to any of the matters set out in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii), he shall refuse to issue a certificate of fitness.
(4) (a) Every certificate of fitness shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain the particulars required thereby.
(b) The pressure specified in a certificate of fitness as the maximum permissible working pressure at which the boiler or pressure vessel to which the certificate relates may be operated shall be the maximum permissible working pressure determined in accordance with Part VI or such lesser pressure as the appointed examiner by whom the certificate is issued considers necessary for the safe operation of the boiler or pressure vessel, having regard to its age, general condition or history or the quality of the workmanship used in its construction or in any repairs that have been carried out in respect thereof.
(5) In any certificate of fitness issued by him for the purposes of this Ordinance, an appointed examiner may specify such conditions with respect to the repair of the boiler or pressure vessel to which the certificate relates as he considers necessary for its continued safe working.
(6) Whenever an appointed examiner issues a certificate of fitness, he shall also deliver to the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel 2 copies of the certificate and, within 7 days after the copies are delivered to him, the owner shall deliver them to the Authority.
(7) Whenever an appointed examiner refuses to issue a certificate of fitness, he shall, in writing, notify the Authority as soon as practicable of the circumstances in which he has refused to issue the certificate.
(Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 33 & 36)
Appeals from refusal of appointed examiner to issue certificate of fitness
34. (1) (a) The owner of a boiler or pressure vessel who considers himself aggrieved by the refusal of an appointed examiner to issue a certificate of fitness in respect of the boiler or pressure vessel may, within 7 days after the day on which the examiner notified him of his refusal to issue the certificate, appeal to the Authority.
(b) Every such appeal shall be in writing.
1988 Ed.]
Boilers and Pressure Vessels
[CAP. 56
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fitness, the boiler or pressure vessel may safely be used and operated having regard to the pressure to be specified in the certificate of fitness as the maximum permissible working pressure at which the boiler or pressure vessel may be operated; and
(ii) in the case of a steam receiver, that the steam receiver and the pipe connecting the steam receiver with any supply of steam are of sufficient strength to withstand any pressure of steam to which they may be subjected; and
(iii) in the case of an air receiver, that the air receiver and the pipe connecting the air receiver with any supply of air are of sufficient strength to withstand any pressure to which they may be subjected, he shall issue to the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel a certificate of fitness, and, where, upon such an examination, such appointed examiner is not satisfied as to any of the matters set out in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii), he shall refuse to issue a certificate of fitness.
(4) (a) Every certificate of fitness shall be in the prescribed form and shall
contain the particulars required thereby.
(b) The pressure specified in a certificate of fitness as the maximum permissible working pressure at which the boiler or pressure vessel to which the certificate relates may be operated shall be the maximum permissible working pressure determined in accordance with Part VI or such lesser pressure as the appointed examiner by whom the certificate is issued considers necessary for the safe operation of the boiler or pressure vessel, having regard to its age, general condition or history or the quality of the workmanship used in its construction or in any repairs that have been carried out in respect thereof.
(5) In any certificate of fitness issued by him for the purposes of this Ordinance, an appointed examiner may specify such conditions with respect to the repair of the boiler or pressure vessel to which the certificate relates as he considers necessary for its continued safe working.
(6) Whenever an appointed examiner issues a certificate of fitness, he shall also deliver to the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel 2 copies of the certificate and, within 7 days after the copies are delivered to him, the owner shall deliver them to the Authority.
(7) Whenever an appointed examiner refuses to issue a certificate of fitness, he shall, in writing, notify the Authority as soon as practicable of the circumstances in which he has refused to issue the certificate.
(Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 33 & 36)
Appeals from refusal of appointed examiner to issue
certificate of fitness
34. (1) (a) The owner of a boiler or pressure vessel who considers himself aggrieved by the refusal of an appointed examiner to issue a certificate of fitness in respect of the boiler or pressure vessel may, within 7 days after the day on which the examiner notified him of his refusal to issue the certificate, appeal to the Authority.
(b) Every such appeal shall be in writing.
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