Section 55: Steam boilers – registration and conditions of use

55. Steam boilers – registration and conditions of use (1) Where a steam boiler is installed at a place of work or is transferred from one place of work to another or from one owner to another, the installation or transfer shall be forthwith notified to the Permanent Secretary by the owner or the new owner, as the case may be, for the purposes of registration or of a new registration, as the case may be. [Issue 1] O2 – 38 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) The Permanent Secretary shall duly register the steam boiler, after making such investigations as he thinks fit and imposing such conditions as are appropriate and issue a number in respect of each steam boiler so registered, subject to the payment of the prescribed fee. (3) The owner of the steam boiler shall forthwith cause the registration number to be affixed on the steam boiler in such manner as to be conspicuous and immediately ascertainable on examination. (4) No person shall use or permit a steam boiler to be used at any place of work— (a) unless it has been registered by the Permanent Secretary in accordance with this Act; (b) in the case of any steam boiler which has been permanently transferred from one locality to another, or from one owner to another, until the transfer has been reported to the Permanent Secretary in accordance with this Act; (c) unless a registered boiler inspector has, in accordance with this Act, authorised the use of the steam boiler for the time being; (d) at a pressure higher than the maximum permissible working pressure authorised by a registered boiler inspector in respect of the steam boiler; (e) where the report of any examination under this Act specifies conditions for securing the safe working of a steam boiler, except in accordance with those conditions; and (f) in contravention of this Act. (5) An authorisation to use a steam boiler shall cease to be in force— (a) on the expiry of the period for which a registered boiler inspector has authorised its use; (b) where an accident occurs to the steam boiler; (c) where the steam boiler, being a stationary boiler, is moved; (d) where any structural alteration, addition, renewal or extensive repair is made in or to the steam boiler; or (e) on the communication to the owner of the steam boiler of a decision of the Permanent Secretary to cause the boiler to be reexamined under the provisions of section 57 (8). (6) In this section, “accident” means an explosion of a steam boiler or of any steam pipe attached to it, or any damage to the boiler or steam pipe likely to weaken its strength so as to render it liable to explode.