AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSEL REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 12 of 1954

	These regulations provide for the control of boilers and pressure vessels to ensure that they may be operated with safety.

	Part I deals with definitions and exemptions.

	Part II lays down minimum requirements for safety in respect of the installation and fittings of the boiler or pressure vessel.

	Part III provides for the regular inspection of boilers and pressure vessels to ensure that they are maintained in a safe condition, and the issue of a certificate of inspection in which is specified the maximum allowable working pressure.  Inspections in the Territory will be made by a departmental Inspector, and not by licensed private inspectors, as is the case in New South Wales.  The former method, which applies in other States, was adopted after conferring with the New South Wales Authorities.

	Part IV provides for the issue of boiler attendants’ certificates to person who have demonstrated their ability to supervise the operation of boilers.  Except in certain limited circumstances a boiler must be under the supervision of a licensed boiler attendant, and an unlicensed person may not act as a boiler attendant.

	Part V covers certain other matters of a general nature.

	The Regulations are based mainly on the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Regulations of the State of New South Wales and the S.A.A. Boiler Code.