Setting of boilers. Standards and appliances to be provided. Record of first inspection. Subsequent inspections. Inspector's recordbooks. relieve the boiler without increasing the certified pressure more than ten per centum; and one of the valves shall be arranged to the approval of the Inspector, so as to be beyond the control of the person in charge when steam is up; such safety valves may be on one boiler seat. Any owner failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. 24. All boilers set in brickwork or other material erected after the passing of this Act shall be provided with flues and doors, where necessary, of sufficient size, to the approval of the Inspector and in accordance with the regulations. 25. The Chief Inspector shall provide each Inspector with proper standards and appliances by which all pressure-gauges can at any time be compared and tested, and with all other appliances necessary for carrying into effect the succeeding sections of this Act relating to boilers, and shall from time to time issue to each Inspector such instructions (not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations) as he thinks fit. 26. On the first inspection of a boiler the Inspector shall make and keep a complete record of all particulars necessary to ascertain the state and condition thereof. Such record shall contain particulars respecting the type and construction of the boiler; the name of the maker; the pressure which the boiler is calculated to sustain, and generally as to the state and condition thereof, and of all appliances used in connection therewith, and the fitness thereof for the particular purpose to which it is applied. 27. On each subsequent inspection of a boiler the Inspector shall carefully make a comparison with such standards as aforesaid, and shall record any changes since the previous inspection. If any change or alteration has been made in such boiler, or any repairs effected thereto, he shall duly record the same in such manner as is prescribed by regulations made hereunder. If no change, or no material change, has occurred in the state and condition of such boiler, he shall also record the fact in manner aforesaid. 28. (1.) Each Inspector shall be supplied with a record-book, to be kept by him in such manner as is prescribed by regulations. (2.) Such book shall be open to inspection, without charge, at the office of the Inspector for the district, by the owner of the boiler, or any person authorised in writing by such owner, but not by any other person; and such person authorised as aforesaid may inspect and obtain a copy of any entry relating to the boiler on payment of the prescribed fee. 29. 29. All boilers shall be inspected at least once in every year, or When boilers to be oftener, as occasion may require. inspected. time. 30. Inspection of boilers may be made at any time in the day- May be inspected at time at all reasonable hours, but an Inspector shall give the owner any reasonable at least seven days' notice, in writing, of the date on which such inspection will be made. If the Inspector does not attend on the date appointed, the inspection may be made by any competent person, together with a first-class certificated engine-driver; and the particulars recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose may be accepted by the Inspector in lieu of an inspection by himself, for any period not exceeding six months, and a certificate under section thirty-nine may be granted on payment of the prescribed fee. 31. For the purpose of inspection the owner shall, if required, cause every boiler to be emptied and made cool, and all man-hole doors and mud-hole doors to be taken off, and all furnace bars and brick or stone bridges to be taken out, and the interior of the boiler freed from incrustation, and, when required by the Chief Inspector, all brickwork and other material in which a boiler is set, the removal of which may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, shall be taken down. The owner shall render such assistance as required by the Inspector, and shall cause all furnaces, flues, and uptakes connected with such boiler to be swept clean, and, if required, all safety-valves to be taken to pieces. boiler The Inspector may, in addition to any other test, test any by hydraulic pressure if he considers it necessary to do so, and shall send a record of the same and the reasons for and result of such test to the Chief Inspector. Aid to be given by owner for purpose of inspection. 32. (1.) If, upon inspection, it appears to the Inspector that any Notice to owner of boiler is unsafe, or that it would be dangerous to life or property if faulty boiler. it were to continue to be used in its then state, he may serve a notice, Sixth Schedule. in writing, in the form of the Sixth Schedule, upon the owner, requiring him (a.) To wholly desist from working or using the boiler; or (c.) To desist from working or using the boiler at a greater (d.) To desist from working or using the boiler at a greater pressure than that stated in such notice, (2.) Authorised working pressure of boilers coupled together. Owner to notify Increasing pressure in boiler. Fees for inspection. (2.) The person upon whom such notice is served shall, if required so to do by the Inspector, sign a duplicate of the notice in acknowledgment of his having received it. (3.) Any person upon whom such notice has been served who fails to desist from working such boiler, according to the exigency of the notice, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. 33. When two or more boilers are erected side by side and are coupled together, and the authorised working pressure of the boilers is not the same, the working pressure of the boiler having the greater authorised working pressure shall not exceed the working pressure of the boiler having the lesser authorised working pressure, unless a reducing valve is used, subject to the approval of the Chief Inspector. 34. Where the owner has effected any repairs to a boiler, or has added to or taken away from a boiler any fittings or appliances, or in any manner altered the construction thereof, he shall forthwith give notice in writing thereof to the Inspector of the district. This section shall not apply where repairs have been effected in accordance with a notice to effect repairs given by an Inspector under the powers hereinbefore contained. 35. (1.) Every person who by any means knowingly does anything to increase, or that tends to increase, the pressure in a boiler beyond that stated in the certificate granted by an Inspector and then in force, or in any notice served under section thirty-two, and every person who aids or abets in increasing the pressure as aforesaid, or procures such pressure to be increased, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour for not exceeding six months, or to a fine of not exceeding fifty pounds. (2.) Any person in charge of a boiler at the time such increased pressure is discovered, or who, finding the same in a state of increased pressure, allows the same to continue at such increased pressure, shall be deemed prima facie to have committed an offence under this section. Fees for Inspection. 36. There shall be paid to the Inspector on behalf of His Majesty, or to such other person as may be prescribed by regulations, on making an inspection of machinery or of a boiler, and before the grant of any certificate as hereinafter provided, the fees prescribed in the Seventh Schedule. 37. 37. (1.) For the purpose of determining the fees to be charged Horse-power, how for inspecting any boiler, three-quarters of a square foot of the fire- calculated. grate surface shall be deemed equal to one horse-power for boilers of the multitubular and locomotive types, and one square foot of fire-grate surface for other classes of boilers. (2.) This section shall not apply to any boiler erected on any foreign or coasting sailing ship, for which a fixed charge is prescribed in the Seventh Schedule. 38. (1.) No Inspector shall make any charge for any inspection Inspector receiving over and above the amount prescribed in respect of the kind of boiler excessive fees. or machinery for the inspection of which the same respectively is payable. (2.) Every Inspector who knowingly accepts or charges any fee or commission or receives any sum of money over and above the charges allowed by law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, and, in addition, to forfeit his office. Certificates of Inspection. 39. Where an Inspector has inspected any boiler or machinery, Certificate of and is satisfied (1.) in the case of a boiler, that the same is in good repair, (2.) in the case of machinery, that the same is securely be safely used for the purpose for which it is then he shall thereupon, and on payment of the prescribed fee, grant and issue to the owner thereof a certificate in one of the forms numbered inspection. one, two, and three in the Eighth Schedule, and report to the Chief Eighth Schedule. Inspector accordingly. exhibited in conspicuous place. 40. The certificate granted to the owner of any machinery Certificate to be or boiler shall be exhibited in a frame in some conspicuous place, to be determined by the Inspector, where it can be seen by all persons working at or with any boiler or machinery; and every owner who neglects so to exhibit such certificate shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. In any proceedings under this section, it shall be a sufficient defence if the defendant satisfies the Magistrate .) That owing to the size of the boiler or machinery, the (2.) Duration of cer tificate of boiler. Duration of certifi (2.) That, at all reasonable times, he kept the certificate available for inspection by all persons working at or with the boiler or machinery, and also by the Inspector and all members of the police force; and also (3.) That the attendant in charge was provided with a copy of the certificate. 41. The certificate granted to the owner of a boiler shall remain in force for such period, not exceeding one year, as the Inspector may think fit, which period shall be stated on the certificate: Provided that the Inspector may at any time cancel or suspend any certificate where he deems it necessary in the interests of the public safety so to do. 42. The certificate granted to the owner of machinery shall cate of machinery. remain in force for one year, if during that period no material alteration or addition is made in or to the same, and the machinery is at all times kept securely fenced and guarded and in good repair, and fit to be safely used for the purpose which it is used: Stamping official registered number on boiler. Working without a certificate. Notice of sale, etc., of boiler or machinery. Provided that, in the case of machinery used solely for threshing, chaff-cutting, or crushing grain, and not worked for more than six months in any one year, the certificate shall remain in force for two years. 43. At the first inspection of every boiler the Inspector shall legibly stamp the official registered number of boiler on some conspicuous part of the boiler. Any person who disfigures, destroys, conceals, or attempts to disfigure, destroy, or conceal such registered number shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. 44. Every owner who works or uses a boiler or machinery in respect of which a certificate has not been issued, or for which a certificate is not in force, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. Proceedings for a breach of this section shall not be commenced or prosecuted except by an Inspector or a person holding the written consent of an Inspector. Duties and Liabilities of Owners of Boilers and Machinery. 45. (1.) Where a person sells or absolutely disposes of a boiler or a winding engine to any person, the seller shall, within fourteen days, give notice to the Inspector, stating the name, occupation, and abode of the person to whom such sale or disposition has been made. (2.) |