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BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACT 1882

BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACT 1882 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make better provision for Inquiries with regard to Boiler
Explosions.{1}
[12th July 1882]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1898

BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACT 1882 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited as the Boiler Explosions Act, 1882.

BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACT 1882 - SECT 2

2. This Act shall extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACT 1882 - SECT 3

3. In this Act the term "boiler" means any closed vessel used for
generating steam, or for heating water, or for heating other
liquids, or into which steam is admitted for heating, steaming,
boiling, or other similar purposes.

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BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACT 1882 - SECT 4

4. This Act shall not apply to any boiler used exclusively for
domestic purposes, or to any boiler used in the service of Her
Majesty, ....

BOILER EXPLOSIONS ACT 1882 - SECT 5

5.(1) On the occurrence of an explosion from any boiler to which
this Act applies, notice thereof shall, within twenty-four hours
thereafter, be sent to the Board of Trade by the owner or user,
or by the person acting on behalf of the owner or user.

(2) The notice shall state the precise locality as well as the day
and hour of the explosion, the number of persons injured or killed,
in addition to the purposes for which the boiler was used, and,
generally, the part of the boiler that failed, and the extent of
the failure, and such other particulars, if any, as the Board of
Trade by notice inserted in the London Gazette may require, and
shall be in the form printed in the schedule to this Act, or in
such form as the Board of Trade may from time to time approve for
the purpose.

(3) If default is made in complying with the requirements of this
section, the person in default shall [be guilty of an offence].

Ss.68 omitted by SR 1979/378

<1.Name of premises or works on which boiler exploded.

<2.Address by the post.

<3.Day and hour of explosion.

<4.Number of persons killed.

<5.Number of persons injured.

<6.General description of the boiler.

<7.Purposes for which the boiler was used.

<8.Part of the boiler which failed, and the extent of failure generally.

<9.Pressure at which the boiler was worked.

10.Name and address of any society or association by whom the
boiler was last inspected or insured.