AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 33 of 1982

The Boilers and Pressure Vessels Regulations (Amendment) amend regulation 39 and the Schedule to the Boilers and Pressures Vessels Regulations by increasing the fees for the issue of a boiler attendant’s certificate and for the inspection of boilers and pressure vessels.

Details of the former and new fees are set out below.

Regulation 1 amends regulation 39 as follows:

	Former Fee	New Fee	
	$	$	
Issue of boiler attendant’s certificate			
			
Regulation 2 amends the Schedule to the regulations as follows:			
			
Boiler inspected			
			
Locomotive, traction engine or road roller boiler having a heating surface -			
(a)  not exceeding 7.50 square metres	9.00	29.00	
(b)  exceeding 7.50 square metres	12.00	38.00	
			
Boiler (other than a locomotive, traction engine or road roller boiler) having a heating surface including economizer and super-heater (if any) -			
(a)  not exceeding 2 square metres	4.50	10.20	
(b)  exceeding 2 square metres but not exceeding 5 square metres	6.00	17.00	
(c)  exceeding 5 square metres but not exceeding 15 square metres	9.00	26.00	
(d)  exceeding 15 square metres but not exceeding 80 square metres	12.00	36.00	
(e)  exceeding 80 square metres but not exceeding 250 square metres	14.25	48.00	
(f)  exceeding 250 square metres but not exceeding 500 square metres	18.00	64.00	

	Former Fee	New Fee	
	$	$	
Boiler (other than a locomotive, traction engine or road roller boiler) having a heating surface, including economizer and super-heater (if any), exceeding 500 square metres	18.00 plus 30 cents for each 100 square metres or part of 100 square metres by which the heating surface exceeds 500 square metres	64.00 plus $2.40 for each 100 square metres or part of 100 square metres by which the heating surface exceeds 500 square metres	
			
Pressure Vessel Inspected			
			
1.  Steam jacketed pan having an internal diameter –			
     (a)   not exceeding 1 metre	3.00	9.00	
     (b)   exceeding 1 metre	4.50	13.50	
			
2.  Pressure vessels lined with glass or enamel having a maximum allowable working pressure not exceeding 200 kilopascals	1.20	3.60	
			
3.  Pressure vessel (not covered by item 1 or 2) having an internal capacity –			
     (a)  not exceeding 0.055 cubic metre	3.00	8.00	
     (b)  exceeding 0.055 cubic metres but not exceeding
            1.50 cubic metres	3.75	10.20	
     (c)  exceeding 1.50 cubic metres but not exceeding 
            3.00 cubic metres	4.25	16.00	
     (d)  exceeding 3.00 cubic metres	7.50	25.00