Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance

(1)
Save as otherwise
provided—
(a)
a boiler, other than a boiler to which paragraph (b) applies, shall be examined by an appointed examiner within 14 months after the date of any certificate of fitness issued in respect thereof; and
(b)
the following shall be examined by an appointed examiner within 26 months after the date of any certificate of fitness issued in respect
thereof—
(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
(
鍋爐
) and
steam
                        receiver
(
蒸汽容器
) include the auxiliary equipment of
                    an such boiler or steam receiver;
(b)
air
                        receiver
(
空氣容器
) 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.