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[接上页] (a) any pipe that conveys or will or may convey oils, steam or water under pressure to or from a boiler, steam receiver or steam container is renewed or is added to a boiler, steam receiver or steam container; or (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 37) (b) extensive repairs or alterations are carried out to any such pipe or to any system of such pipes,the pipe or pipes shall, before being subjected or again subjected, as the case may be, to pressure, be subjected by a boiler inspector to an hydraulic test. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 14) Cap 56 s 31 Periodic examination of pressurized fuel containers Remarks: not yet in operation (1) Every existing pressurized fuel container shall be examined by an appointed examiner within 12 months after the commencement of this section. (2) Every new pressurized fuel container shall be examined by an appointed examiner within 12 months after the date on which it is first put into use. (3) Save as provided in subsections (1) and (2), every pressurized fuel container shall be examined by an appointed examiner within 12 months after the date marked thereon in accordance with this Ordinance as the date on which the last examination thereof was completed. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 31) Cap 56 s 32 Power of Authority to prohibit use and operation of boiler or pressure vessel in certain cases, and procedure thereafter (1) Where it appears to the Authority that- (a) a boiler or pressure vessel or any of its auxiliary equipment is not, or may not be, in safe working order; (b) a boiler or pressure vessel or any of its auxiliary equipment has not been examined or tested in accordance with this Ordinance or in accordance with a requirement of the Authority made under this Ordinance; (c) a boiler or pressure vessel, other than a pressurized fuel container, is being, or has been, operated at a pressure greater than its maximum permissible working pressure; or (d) the seal attached to a safety valve by an appointed examiner has been broken, or the setting of a safety valve has been altered, by a person who is not an appointed examiner,he may, by notice in writing served upon the owner thereof, prohibit the further use and operation of the boiler or pressure vessel, as the case may be. (2) Every such order in respect of a boiler or pressure vessel, other than a pressurized fuel container, shall continue in force until the boiler or pressure vessel has been examined by an appointed examiner and a certificate of fitness issued by him in respect thereof under section 33 and the Authority has, upon production to him of the certificate of fitness, permitted the use thereof to be resumed, and every such order in respect of a pressurized fuel container shall continue in force until the pressurized fuel container has been examined by an appointed examiner and the examiner has, in the manner provided by section 35, certified that he is satisfied that it is in safe working order. (3) At any time after any such order in respect of a boiler or pressure vessel, other than a pressurized fuel container, has been served, the Authority or an appointed examiner acting under his directions may take such steps as he considers necessary to procure the immediate stoppage of the use and operation of the boiler or pressure vessel to which the order relates. (Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 31, 33 & 35) Cap 56 s 33 Issue of certificates of fitness (1) Save as otherwise provided, a certificate of fitness in respect of a boiler or pressure vessel shall be issued- (a) in the case of a boiler, only under the hand of the appointed examiner who examined the boiler when it was under the pressure that will be specified in the certificate of fitness as its maximum permissible working pressure; or (b) in the case of a pressure vessel, only under the hand of the appointed examiner who examined the pressure vessel when it was under the pressure that will be specified in the certificate of fitness as its maximum permissible working pressure or who carried out the pressure accumulation test.(2) (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) and without prejudice to any other provisions of this Ordinance, an appointed examiner may issue a certificate of fitness in respect of a boiler or pressure vessel notwithstanding that every part of the examination in question or every test required by this Ordinance to be carried out during such examination has not been carried out by him if he is satisfied that those parts of the examination in question that have not been carried out by him have been carried out in accordance with this Ordinance and that those tests of the boiler or pressure vessel, as the case may be, or its auxiliary equipment that have not been carried out by him have been carried out in accordance with this Ordinance and that the results thereof were satisfactory. (b) Where, pursuant to paragraph (a), a certificate of fitness is issued by an appointed examiner who has not carried out the whole of the examination of the boiler or pressure vessel or all of the tests thereof, each appointed examiner by whom a part of the examination was carried out or by whom some of the tests were carried out shall enter in the certificate of fitness particulars as to the part of the examination, or as to the tests, that he carried out.(3) Where, upon an examination of a boiler or pressure vessel for the purposes of this Ordinance, the appointed examiner- |