S.I. No. 183/1956 - Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Boiler) Regulations, 1956.

1. Oven or Hotplate

(a) Was the oven/hotplate so prepared as to allow of examination of the tube ends or loops projecting into the furnace ?

(b) What parts were inaccessible for examination ?

(c) What was the external condition of the tubes ?

(d) Were the flues clear ?

2. Furnace—condition—

(a) Is the brickwork properly maintained ?

(b) Which tubes (if any), are out of use due to defects ? (State clearly furnace positions and numbers).

3. What repairs to brickwork, tubes, furnace or flue fittings are necessary and within what period should they be executed ?

4. Fittings

(a) Number and type(s) of thermometers in use.

Ovens

(b) Was each of the thermometers in working order ?

(c) Temperature at time of examination.

Hotplates

(d) (i) Was a pressure gauge fitted and in working order ?

(ii) What pressure was shown by the ' maximum ' pointer of gauge ?

5. (a) Ordinary maximum working temperature (Oven).

(b) Maximum permissible working temperature (Oven).

(c) Maximum permissible working pressure (Hotplate).

6. Is a placard of instructions for working the oven or hotplate affixed ?

7. Other observations.

I CERTIFY that on ................................... I thoroughly examined the oven/hotplate above described so far as its construction permits, and that the above is a true report of the result.

Signature ...................................

Counter-Signature .......................

Qualification................................

Name of Company or Association.............................

Address......................................

Date ........................................

Date ........................................

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of July, 1956.

WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

S.I. No. 183 of 1956.

FACTORIES (REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF STEAM BOILER) REGULATIONS, 1956.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in pursuance of subsection (9) of

section 40

of the

Factories Act, 1955

(No. 10 of 1955), hereby make the following regulations :—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Boiler) Regulations, 1956.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1956.