Singapore legislation

Regulation 27

of Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations

Regulation 27

Conditions before steam boiler, steam receiver, air receiver or refrigerating plant pressure receiver may be used

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (2), it shall be the duty of the owner of any steam boiler, steam receiver, air receiver or refrigerating plant pressure receiver (referred to in this regulation as relevant equipment) who intends to put the relevant equipment into use in a workplace to —

(a)

obtain, in such form and manner as may be determined by the Commissioner, the approval of the Commissioner to use the relevant equipment;

(b)

ensure that such examination and test by an authorised examiner as may be specified by the Commissioner has been satisfactorily carried out;

(c)

obtain from the authorised examiner a report of the examination and test referred to in sub-paragraph (b), specifying the safe working pressure of the relevant equipment and stating the nature of the tests to which the relevant equipment and its fittings have been submitted;

(d)

keep the report referred to in sub-paragraph (c) available for inspection; and

(e)

mark the relevant equipment so as to enable it to be identified as the relevant equipment to which the report refers.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to —

(a)

any steam boiler referred to in regulation 28(20)(a) or (21);

(b)

any steam receiver referred to in regulation 29(11);

(c)

any air receiver that has been examined in accordance with regulation 31(5) and reported on in accordance with regulation 31(10) or any air receiver referred to in regulation 31(12); and

(d)

any refrigerating plant pressure receiver where the safe working pressure does not exceed 0.5 bar or the product of its safe working pressure and volume does not exceed 100 bar-litre.

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