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CAP. 56]

Boilers and Pressure Vessels Regulations

[1988 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS REGULATIONS

(Cap. 56, section 65)

[1 March 1963]

2.309

G.N.A. 101/62 — L.N. 152/67, L.N. 192/75, L.N. 107/79, R. Ed. 1979, L.N. 339/82, 87 of 1988, LN 309 of 1823

PART I

GENERAL

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Regulations.

General provisions as to construction, etc. of boilers, etc.

(87 of 1988 s. 41)

2. Without prejudice to any other provisions of these regulations, every boiler and pressure vessel, every part of a boiler or pressure vessel and every part of the auxiliary equipment connected with a boiler or pressure vessel shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from any patent defect.

PART II

(87 of 1988 s. 42)

BOILERS, STEAM RECEIVERS AND AIR RECEIVERS

Requirements with respect to boilers

3. (1) Every boiler, whether separate or one of a range-

(a) shall have attached to it-

(i) a suitable spring-loaded safety valve, separate from any stop- valve and capable of being sealed, which shall be fixed directly to the boiler and so adjusted as to prevent the boiler being operated at a pressure greater than its maximum permissible working pressure;

(ii) a suitable stop-valve connecting the boiler to the system; (87 of 1988 s. 43)

(iii) a correct pressure gauge, connected to the boiler and easily visible by the boiler attendant, which shall have marked upon it by a red line the maximum permissible working pressure of the boiler and which shall indicate the pressure in the boiler in pascals or multiples of pascals; (87 of 1988 s. 43)