Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance

(1)
Every new fuel burning installation shall be examined by an appointed examiner before it is put into use.
(2)
Every new heater fitted in a fuel burning installation shall, before it is put into use, be subjected by an appointed examiner to an hydraulic test, which shall be to not less than twice the maximum pressure to which the heater may be subjected when it is being used.
(3)
(a)
Every pipe that is used for conveying fuel from a pump or gravity tank to the burners in a fuel burning installation and every fitting connected with any such pipe shall be tested by an appointed
examiner—
(i)
in the case of a new such pipe, after the pipe has been jointed and before it is put into use; and
(ii)
in the case of any such pipe, within 7 days after the Authority so requires.
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 35
)
(b)
Every such test shall be
to—
(i)
twice the maximum pressure to which the fuel system is or will be subjected under normal working conditions; or
(ii)
the pressure specified in a recognized engineering standard or code.
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 30
)