VPRS 12347 Register of Boilers (Records Not Transferred)

Under the provisions of sections 11 & 12 of the Boilers Inspection Act 1906 (No. 2071) and subsequent Acts, industrial boilers were required to be registered with the Chief Inspector and a Register of Boilers was maintained for that purpose. Inspection of industrial boilers (under section 14 of the Act) was conducted by inspectors of the Boiler Inspection Branch, Mines Department, until 1962 and since then by the Department of Labour and Industry.The original Act applied only to steam boilers and digesters (digesters were commonly used in many trades especially in the rendering of fats and oils). The Boilers Inspection (Air and Gas Receivers) Act 1940 (No.4739) which came into operation in 1947, extended the application of the legislation to embrace air and gas receivers. The provisions of the Act were extended to boilers at mines (refer to Mines (Amendment Act) 1949 (No.5396). Prior to 1949, boilers used in mines other than coal mines were subject to the provisions of the Mines Act. (For Register of Boiler Inspection in mines see VPRS 9534, 1929 to 1947). Boilers used for domestic purposes were exempted from the application of the measure.This series was created to register boilers. Owners of boilers were required to register boilers with the Chief Inspector of Boilers who then arranged for inspectors to inspect them on site.The particulars recorded include :- registration number- owner- locality- name of Inspector- number of certificate of registration, and- date of expiry.Entries within the Register were made consecutively, with newly registered boilers receiving the next available registration number.The end date of this series (1977) has been imputed from records in custody date range.根据1906年《锅炉检验法》（第2071号）第11、12条及后续修正案的规定，工业锅炉须向首席监察官进行登记，同时需维护《锅炉登记册》以落实该登记要求。1962年之前，工业锅炉的检验工作（依据该法第14条）由矿业部锅炉检验分局的监察人员负责；1962年起，检验职责转由劳工与工业部承担。 该原始法案最初仅适用于蒸汽锅炉与蒸煮器（digesters）——蒸煮器广泛应用于诸多行业，尤其常用于油脂炼制工序。1940年《锅炉检验（空气与气体储罐）法》（第4739号）于1947年生效，将该立法的适用范围扩展至空气与气体储罐。该法案的适用范围后续又延伸至矿山内的锅炉（参见1949年《矿山（修正案）法》第5396号）。1949年之前，非煤矿山使用的锅炉需遵守《矿山法》的相关规定。（如需查阅矿山锅炉检验登记档案，可参考档案系列VPRS 9534，涵盖1929年至1947年的记录）。民用锅炉则豁免适用本法案的相关要求。 本档案系列的设立目的为锅炉登记管理。锅炉所有人须向首席锅炉监察官完成登记，由其安排监察人员赴现场开展检验。登记记录包含以下内容：登记编号、所有人信息、登记地点、执行检验的监察人员姓名、注册证书编号以及有效期。登记册内的条目按顺序连续编排，新登记的锅炉将被分配当前可用的下一个登记编号。本档案系列的截止日期（1977年）是依据馆藏档案的日期范围推算得出的。