Cap. 56activeordinance

Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance

鍋爐及壓力容器條例

Full legislation

s.34

Appeals from refusal of appointed examiner to issue certificate of fitness

(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.
(2)
(a)
Where, upon such an appeal, the Authority considers that a certificate of fitness should be issued in respect of the boiler or pressure vessel, as the case may be, he shall issue a certificate of fitness to the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel and shall also deliver to him 2 copies of the certificate.
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 15
)
(b)
Where, under paragraph (a), the Authority issues a certificate of fitness, he shall send a copy thereof to the appointed examiner from whose refusal to issue such a certificate the appeal was made.
(c)
Where, upon such an appeal, the Authority considers that a certificate of fitness should not be issued in respect of the boiler or pressure vessel, as the case may be, he shall notify the owner thereof accordingly.
(3)
The decision of the Authority upon such an appeal shall be final.