Regulation 79. Repairs.

                                    P.U.(A) 5/70

FACTORIES AND MACHINERY (STEAM BOILER AND

                   UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSEL)

                           REGULATIONS, 1970

       PART IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Regulation 79. Repairs.

(1) An owner or other person shall not, unless approval has been given by an Inspector, make or

cause to be made any repair to any steam boiler or unfired pressure vessel where such repair

involves the cutting, welding, patching or riveting of any member thereof which is subject to a

stress induced by fluid pressure.

(2) Where any steam boiler or unfired pressure vessel repair necessitates welding, the metallic

arc process shall be used.

 

(3) Welding shall not be used to repair any part of a fitting which is made of cast iron and is

subject to fluid pressure.

(4) Where repair has been made to a steam boiler or unfired pressure vessel such boiler or

vessel shall not be placed in service except with the approval of an Inspector.

(5) For the purpose of this regulation "repair" does not include normal maintenance work or boiler

tube renewals not exceeding ten per centum of the total number of tubes.

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