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s.52
Persons not to enter or be in certain boilers
(1)
No person shall enter or be in any boiler that is one of a range of 2 or more boilers
unless—
(a)
all inlets through which steam, hot oil or hot water might otherwise enter the boiler from any other part of the range are disconnected from that part; or
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 23
)
(b)
all valves or cocks controlling such entry are closed and securely locked, and, where the boiler has a blow-off pipe in common with one or more boilers or delivering into a common blow-off vessel or sump, the blow-off valve or cock on each such boiler is so constructed that it can be opened only by a key that cannot be removed until the valve or cock is closed and is the only key in use for that set of blow-off valves or cocks.
(2)
In the event of a contravention of subsection (1), the owner of the boiler
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine
at
level 4.
(Amended
18 of 1982 s. 8
;
E.R. 1 of
2022
)