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Cap. 56activeordinance

Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance

鍋爐及壓力容器條例

Full legislation

s.57

57.
(Repealed
87 of 1988 s. 25
)

Table of Contents

Sections

1Short title and commencement
2Interpretation
3Application
4Authority and authorized officers
5Appointment, etc. of boiler inspectors, air receiver inspectors and pressurized fuel container inspectors
5ARevocation and suspension of appointment
6Certificates of competency
7Authority to keep certain registers, and particulars to be entered in register of boilers and pressure vessels
8Inquiries into accidents in boilers and pressure vessels
9Power of Authority to exempt individual boilers or pressure vessels from provisions of Ordinance
10Power of Authority to exempt classes or types of boiler or pressure vessel from provisions of Ordinance
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13Documents to be delivered to Authority in respect of new boilers and pressure vessels
14Documents to be delivered to Authority in respect of new steam containers
15Documents to be certified by appointed examiner
15AOwner of new boiler, pressure vessel etc. to apply for registration
16Registration of boilers and pressure vessels, etc.
17Authority to be notified of sale or hiring of boilers, etc.
18Power of Authority to require details of boilers or pressure vessels to be delivered to him
18ACodes of Practice
19Authority to be notified of pressurized fuel containers that are being used
20Registration of pressurized fuel containers, etc.
21Authority to be notified of sale of pressurized fuel container, etc.
22Maintenance of boilers and pressure vessels, boiler-houses and fire-fighting appliances, etc.
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24New boilers and pressure vessels to be examined before being put into use
25Boilers and steam receivers to be used in new premises to be examined before being put into use
26Boilers and pressure vessels to which extensive repairs, etc. have been made to be examined before being again put into use
27Periodic examination of boilers and pressure vessels
28Examination of steam containers
29Examination of new fuel burning installations and heaters fitted therein, etc.
30Steam or water pipes to be hydraulically tested in certain cases
31Periodic examination of pressurized fuel containers
32Power of Authority to prohibit use and operation of boiler or pressure vessel in certain cases, and procedure thereafter
33Issue of certificates of fitness
34Appeals from refusal of appointed examiner to issue certificate of fitness
35Procedure on examination of pressurized fuel container
36Appeals from decision of appointed examiner on examination of pressurized fuel container
37Preparation of boilers, etc. for examination
38Procedure on, and method of, examination of boilers
39Procedure on, and method of, examination of steam receivers
40Procedure on, and method of, examination of air receivers
41Examination of pipes of new boilers, steam receivers or steam containers
42Procedure where, on certain examinations of boiler, etc., appointed examiner is not satisfied as to condition of steam or water pipes
43Pressure accumulation tests
44Hydraulic tests
45Appointed examiner examining boiler, etc. under maximum permissible working pressure to set safety valve
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47Initial determination of maximum permissible working pressure of boilers and pressure vessels
48Appeals from determination of appointed examiner as to maximum permissible working pressure of boiler or pressure vessel
48AVariation by Authority of determination of appointed examiner
49Offences in relation to use and operation of boilers or pressure vessels
50Contravention of certain provisions of Ordinance to be an offence and penalty therefor
51Owner of boiler or pressure vessel to be guilty of offence in event of contravention of certain provisions of Ordinance or of certain conditions
52Persons not to enter or be in certain boilers
53Offences in relation to use and operation of portable gas generators, etc.
54Offences in relation to Boards of Inquiry
55Miscellaneous offences and penalties therefor
56Corruption
57
58Approval of pressurized fuel containers
59Portable gas generators
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61Owner of boiler, etc. to deliver latest certificate of fitness to examiner before next examination
62Certificate of fitness to be kept in premises at which boiler or pressure vessel in respect of which it was issued is installed
63Provisions as to notification of accidents and defects in boilers and pressure vessels
64Limitation of public liability and of personal liability of public officers
65Regulations
66Powers of Authority and inspectors, etc.
67Power of Authority to prescribe forms
68Service of orders and notices
69Prosecution of offences
70Saving of certain Ordinances

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