Singapore legislation
Clause 14
Clause 14
Amendment of section 36
Section 36 of the Factories Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (11) and substituting the following subsections:“(11) A report of the result of every such examination, in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars (including particulars of the safe working pressure and such other conditions as may be necessary for the safe working of the boiler), shall be prepared in duplicate and signed by the person making the examination.(11A) A copy of such report shall be handed to the occupier of the factory and the other copy shall, within 28 days of the completion of the examination, be sent to the Chief Inspector, but where the examination shows that the steam boiler is not safe for use unless certain repairs are carried out immediately or within a specified time, the authorised boiler inspector shall forthwith send a copy of his report to the Chief Inspector.”;
by deleting subsection (13) and substituting the following subsection:“(13) No steam boiler shall be taken into use in any factory unless —
an application containing the particulars set out in the Eighth Schedule is made to the Chief Inspector who may upon receipt of the application assign an authorised boiler inspector to carry out such examination and test on the boiler as the Chief Inspector considers necessary;
a report of the examination and test, specifying the safe working pressure of the boiler and stating the nature of the tests to which the boiler and its fittings have been submitted, issued by the authorised boiler inspector has been obtained and is kept available for inspection; and
the boiler is so marked as to enable it to be identified as the boiler to which the report refers.”; and
by deleting subsection (15) and substituting the following subsection:“(15) Any person, who for the purposes of this section desires that an examination or test of a steam boiler should be carried out by any authorised boiler inspector who is an inspector, shall notify the Chief Inspector accordingly and, on payment by that person of the prescribed fee, the Chief Inspector shall instruct such an authorised boiler inspector to carry out the examination or to carry out the test, as the case may be.”.