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To control the use and operation of boilers and pressure vessels, to provide for the holding of inquiries into accidents in or to boilers and pressure vessels and to provide for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid. (Amended 67 of 1978 s. 2; 87 of 1988 s. 34) [1 March 1963] L.N. 18 of 1963 (Originally 38 of 1962) Cap 56 s 1 Short title and commencement Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 54 of 2000 s. 3 (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance. (Amended 87 of 1988 s.2) (2) Sections 19, 20, 21, 31, 49(3) and 50(3) shall not come into operation until the day appointed for their commencement by the Chief Executive by Proclamation in the Gazette. (Amended 54 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 56 s 2 Interpretation Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 54 of 2000 s. 3 PART I INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "accident" (意外) means an explosion of a boiler or pressure vessel and also means any damage or other occurrence to or in a boiler or pressure vessel or any part of a boiler or pressure vessel that weakens the boiler or pressure vessel and renders it liable to explode or collapse or is calculated to weaken it and render it liable to explode or collapse; (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 33) "air receiver" (空气容器) means- (a) any vessel (other than a pipe or coil, or an accessory fitting or part of a compressor) for containing compressed air and which is connected with an air compressing plant; (b) any fixed vessel for containing compressed air or compressed exhaust gases that is used for the purpose of starting an internal combustion engine; (c) any fixed or portable vessel (not being part of a spraying pistol) used for the purpose of spraying, by means of compressed air, any paint, varnish, lacquer or similar material; and (d) any pressurized fuel container; (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 31)"air receiver inspector" (空气容器检验师) means a person who has been appointed under section 5(1) to be an air receiver inspector and whose appointment to be an air receiver inspector has not been suspended; (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 3) "appointed examiner" (委任检验师) means- (a) in the case of a boiler or pressure vessel, other than an air receiver, and its auxiliary equipment, a boiler inspector; (b) in the case of an air receiver, other than a pressurized fuel container, and its auxiliary equipment, a boiler inspector or an air receiver inspector; (c) in the case of a pressurized fuel container, a boiler inspector, an air receiver inspector or a pressurized fuel container inspector; (Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 31 & 33)"Authority" (监督) means the public officer appointed under section 4(1) to be the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Authority; (Added 87 of 1988 s. 3) "authorized officer" (获授权人员) means a public officer authorized under section 4(3); (Added 87 of 1988 s. 3) "auxiliary equipment" (辅助设备) means every pipe, fitting and attachment connected to or with a boiler or pressure vessel, as the case may be, and, in the case of a boiler, also means any fuel burning installation connected therewith; (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 33) "Board of Inquiry" (研讯委员会) means a Board of Inquiry appointed under section 8; "boiler" (锅鑪) means any closed vessel in which for any purpose steam is generated under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and also means any economizer used to heat water being fed into any such vessel, any superheater used for heating steam and any fitting directly attached to such vessel that is wholly or partly under pressure when steam is shut off, and any vessel in which oil is heated at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 3) "boiler inspector" (锅鑪检验师) means a person who has been appointed under section 5(1) to be a boiler inspector and whose appointment to be a boiler inspector has not been suspended; (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 3) "certificate of competency" (合格证书) means a certificate of competency issued under section 6; "certificate of fitness" (效能良好证明书) means a certificate of fitness issued under section 33; "certificate of inspection during construction" (建造期检验证明书) means a certificate issued in respect of a boiler or pressure vessel certifying that the boiler or pressure vessel and, if such be the case, its auxiliary equipment was inspected during its construction and complies with the provisions of a recognized engineering standard, or code, specified in the certificate; (Replaced 87 of 1988 s. 3) "competent person" (合格人员) means a person whose name is for the time being entered in the register of competent persons kept pursuant to section 7(1)(e); "existing" (现有), when used in relation to a pressurized fuel container, means a pressurized fuel container that is in use in Hong Kong at the commencement of the day appointed by the Chief Executive under section 1(2); (Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 31 & 38; 54 of 2000 s. 3) |