Safety in Industry Act, 1980

Steam receivers.

32.Section 41 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (7):

“(7A) (a) A steam receiver which has previously been used shall not be taken into use in any factory for the first time in that factory until it has been examined thoroughly and reported on by a competent person so far as the construction of the receiver permits.

(b) A report of the results of every examination under paragraph (a) of this subsection containing the particulars prescribed for the purposes of subsection (6) of this section shall be entered in or attached to the general register.

(7B) A new steam receiver shall not be taken into use in any factory unless—

(a) there has been obtained from the manufacturer, or from a boiler inspecting company or association, a certificate specifying the maximum permissible working pressure thereof and stating the nature of the tests to which the receiver and fittings have been submitted,

(b) the certificate is kept available for inspection, and

(c) the steam receiver is so marked as to enable it to be identified as the steam receiver to which the certificate relates.

(7C) The person making the report of any examination under this section, or, in the case of a boiler inspecting company or association, the chief engineer thereof, shall within twenty-eight days of the completion of the examination send to the Minister a copy of the report in every case where the maximum permissible working pressure is reduced, or the examination shows that the steam receiver cannot continue to be used with safety unless certain repairs are carried out immediately or within a specified time.”.