Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance

(1)
Whenever, for the purposes of this Ordinance, a boiler is about to be examined when it is cold, the owner thereof shall cause the boiler to be prepared for the examination in the following
manner—
(a)
the boiler shall be empty and every part thereof thoroughly clean;
(b)
the boiler shall be sufficiently cool to allow the person carrying out the examination to carry out the same in safety and without inconvenience;
(c)
all mountings shall be opened up and valves and cocks ground in; and
(d)
in the case of boilers other than watertube boilers, all fire bars, bearers, front plates, bridges, arches, manhole and handhole doors, cleaning plugs and other fittings shall, unless such part does not form an integral part of the boiler and will not interfere in any way with the examination, be removed; or
(e)
in the case of watertube boilers, the covers of all openings in headers, muddrums, steam and water drums, manholes and handholes shall be removed.
(2)
Whenever, for the purposes of this Ordinance, a steam receiver is about to be examined when it is cold or an air receiver is about to be examined when it is not under pressure, the owner thereof shall cause the steam receiver or the air receiver, as the case may be, to be prepared for the examination so that, so far as the construction thereof permits, all parts, both internal and external, and all fittings are thoroughly clean and accessible for examination.