Section 61: Special provisions

61. Special provisions (1) No steam boiler, steam receiver, air receiver, lifting machine, hoist, lift, refrigeration plant, escalator or vehicle lift shall be taken into use for the first time in any place of work unless it has been examined and favourably reported on by a registered boiler inspector or registered machinery inspector, as the case may be. (2) An original report of the result of an examination under subsection (1) in the form set out in the appropriate Schedule, where applicable, shall be sent by the owner to the Director, Occupational Safety and Health within 28 days of the completion of the examination. (3) Where a report under subsection (1) specifies conditions for securing the safe working of the equipment, that equipment shall not be used except in accordance with the conditions so specified. (4) Movable cranes transferred from one place to another should be examined by a registered machinery inspector before putting it into use. (5) The original report of the result of an examination under subsection (4) in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule shall be sent by the owner to the Director, Occupational Safety and Health within 28 days of the completion of the examination.