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[接上页] (ii) heat treatment before and after welding; (iii) tests and inspections carried out on the boiler or pressure vessel; and (iv) any other relevant technical details that the Authority may, by notice in writing, specify; or(c) where the owner can deliver neither the documents referred to in paragraph (a) nor the documents referred to in paragraph (b), details of the design and methods of construction, inspection and testing of the boiler or pressure vessel and its auxiliary equipment. (Replaced 87 of 1988 s. 10) Cap 56 s 14 Documents to be delivered to Authority in respect of new steam containers The owner of a new steam container shall, not less than 30 days preceding the day on which he intends to put the same into use, deliver to the Authority in respect thereof- (Amended 67 of 1978 s. 9; 87 of 1988 s. 36) (a) 2 copies of the maker's certificate; or (b) 2 copies of a plan thereof prepared, to the satisfaction of the Authority, by a boiler inspector. (Amended 87 of 1988 s. 35) Cap 56 s 15 Documents to be certified by appointed examiner Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 54 of 2000 s. 3 (1) Every copy of a document that is delivered to the Authority pursuant to section 13 or 14 shall have endorsed thereon a declaration by an appointed examiner that it relates to the boiler or pressure vessel in respect of which it is so delivered. (Amended 67 of 1978 s. 10; 87 of 1988 ss. 33 & 36) (2) Where a copy of a document referred to in subsection (1) is not written in the English or Chinese language it shall be accompanied by an English or Chinese translation. (Added 67 of 1978 s. 10. Amended 54 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 56 s 15A Owner of new boiler, pressure vessel etc. to apply for registration The owner of a new boiler, pressure vessel other than a pressurized fuel container, or steam container shall, not later than 30 days preceding the day on which he intends to put the same into use, apply to the Authority in the prescribed form for registration of the same under this Ordinance. (Replaced 67 of 1978 s.11. Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 31, 33 & 36) Cap 56 s 16 Registration of boilers and pressure vessels, etc. (1) The Authority shall, upon receipt of the documents required by section 13 or 14, as the case may be, and of an application for registration under section 15A, allot a registration number to the boiler, pressure vessel or steam container and enter particulars of the boiler, pressure vessel or steam container in the appropriate register. (Replaced 67 of 1978 s. 12) (2) The owner of a registered boiler, pressure vessel or steam container shall cause the registration number thereof to be engraved, whether by impression or incision, in a conspicuous position on the boiler, pressure vessel or steam container and to be clearly legible at all times. (Amended 60 of 1967 s. 4) (Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 33 & 36) Cap 56 s 17 Authority to be notified of sale or hiring of boilers, etc. (1) The owner of a registered boiler, pressure vessel, other than a pressurized fuel container, or steam container who sells the same or hires it to any person shall, within 7 days of the sale or the agreement for hire, as the case may be, notify the Authority of the name and address of the person to whom the boiler, pressure vessel or steam container, as the case may be, has been sold or hired and, where the boiler, pressure vessel or steam container is not so designed as to be transportable from one place to another, shall also notify the Authority whether or not the sale or hiring has resulted or will result in the removal of the same. (2) The owner of a registered boiler, pressure vessel, other than a pressurized fuel container, or steam container shall, within 7 days of the change, notify the Authority of any change in his address. (Amended 87 of 1988 ss. 31, 33 & 36) Cap 56 s 18 Power of Authority to require details of boilers or pressure vessels to be delivered to him The Authority may, where he considers it necessary to do so for the purpose of enabling him to make an assessment of the maximum permissible working pressure at which a boiler or pressure vessel may be operated, require the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel to deliver to him complete details of the materials used in, and the method of, the construction of the boiler or pressure vessel and its auxiliary equipment and dimensions of all the parts and fittings thereof or of such of those parts and fittings as he specifies. (Amended 67 of 1978 s. 13; 87 of 1988 ss. 33 & 35) Cap 56 s 18A Codes of Practice (1) For the purpose of ensuring acceptable standards in the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, examination, testing and operation of boilers and pressure vessels, the Authority may give advice, either generally in the form of Codes of Practice or particularly in writing, to any person. (2) Failure on the part of any person to observe the provisions of any such Code or to accept any such particular advice shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings of any kind, but any such failure may, in any proceedings whether civil or criminal and including proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance, be relied upon by any party to the proceedings as tending to establish or to negative any liability which is in question in those proceedings. |