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CODEOFPRACTICEFOROWNERSOFBOILERSANDPRESSUREVESSELSIssuedunderSection18AoftheBoilersandPressureVesselsOrdinanceThisCodeofPracticeispreparedbytheOccupationalSafetyandHealthBranchLabourDepartmentThiseditionNovember2010ThisCodeofPracticeisissuedfreeofchargeandcanbeobtainedfromofficeoftheBoilersandPressureVesselsDivisionoftheOccupationalSafetyandHealthBranchordownloadedfromwebsiteoftheLabourDepartmentat://“CodeofPracticeforOwnersofBoilersandPressureVessels”,publishedbytheLabourDepartment.CODEOFPRACTICEFOROWNERSOFBOILERSANDPRESSUREVESSELSIssuedunderSection18AoftheBoilersandPressureVesselsOrdinanceChapter56BoilersandPressureVesselsAuthorityHongKongListofApplicableOrdinanceandRegulations-------------------------------------11.Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------22.TheOrdinance----------------------------------------------------------------------32.1CurrentLegislation------------------------------------------------------------32.2 Authority and Authorized Officer-------------------------------------------32.3AppointedExaminer----------------------------------------------------------32.4CompetentPerson-------------------------------------------------------------42.5PowerofAuthoritytoExemptIndividualBoilersorPressureVessels---------------------------------------------------------------53.Responsibilities---------------------------------------------------------------------73.1GeneralDutiesofOwnersofBoilers,PressureVesselsandSteamContainers--------------------------------------------------------------73.2InstallationofBoilers,PressureVesselsandSteamContainers---------73.3 Maintenance and Examination----------------------------------------------83.4Repair---------------------------------------------------------------------------83.5ProhibitionOrder--------------------------------------------------------------93.6Sale,HireorRemovalofBoilers,PressureVesselsandSteamContainers--------------------------------------------------------------93.7ExaminationAfterExtensiveRepairs-------------------------------------103.8 Accidents and Defects-------------------------------------------------------103.9 Air Receiver and Cement Tank---------------------------------------------114.Registration-------------------------------------------------------------------------134.1Registration-------------------------------------------------------------------134.2 Procedure----------------------------------------------------------------------134.3ChangeofAddress-----------------------------------------------------------164.4ChangeofOwnership--------------------------------------------------------16CONTENTSPage5.Examination------------------------------------------------------------------------175.1 Maintenance and Periodic Examination of Boilers, PressureVesselsandSteamContainers-----------------------------------175.2NewFuelBurningInstallation----------------------------------------------175.3PortableGasGenerators-----------------------------------------------------175.4AuxiliaryEquipmentandFittings------------------------------------------185.5 Certificate of Fitness---------------------------------------------------------19AppendixICertificateofCompetency--------------------------------------------21AppendixIIOffencesandPenalties------------------------------------------------23Enquiry------------------------------------------------------------------------------------251ListofApplicableOrdinanceandRegulations1. Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance, Cap. 562.BoilersandPressureVesselsRegulations3.BoilersandPressureVessels(Forms)Order4.BoilersandPressureVessels(Exemption)(Consolidation)Order231.Introduction1.1 The Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance (the Ordinance), Cap. 56, sets out the provisions relating to the control, use and operation ofboilersandpressurevessels.1.2 This Code of Practice (the Code) is issued under Section 18A of the Ordinance for the purpose of ensuring acceptable standards in the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, examination, testing andoperationofboilersandpressurevessels.1.3 Under Section 18A(2) of the Ordinance, any person who fails to observetheprovisionsoftheCodeshallnotofitselfrenderthatperson 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 the 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.1.4 All references to the Authority in the Code refer to the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Authority. The Authority has issued separate Codes of Practice for differen