Article 1 In order to strengthen the registration management of operating boiler and pressure vessel and normalize the registration of operation, according to the stipulations as regulated in “Safety Supervisory Regulations for Special Type Equipment”, this procedure was formulated.
Article 2 Registration procedures shall be made for application of following boilers and pressure vessels:
(1) The boilers within the scope as regulated in “Safety Technology Supervisory Regulations for steam boiler”, “Safety Technology Supervisory Regulations for Hot Water Boiler” and “Safety Technology Supervisory Regulations for Organic heat carrier boiler”.
(2) The stationary pressure vessel, movable pressure vessel (railway tank car, automobile tank car and tank type container) and oxygen chamber within scope of regulations as given in “Safety Technology Supervisory Regulations for Pressure Vessel”, “Safety Technology Supervisory Regulations for Ultra High Pressure Vessel” and “Security Management Regulations for Medical Oxygen Chamber”.
Article 3 The organizations and individuals which operate boiler or pressure vessel (hereinafter abbreviated as user) shall make registration for application of boiler and pressure vessel and receive “Registration license of operating special type equipment”(hereinafter abbreviated as registration license of operation, refer to Annex 1) according to this procedure. It is not permissible to operate the boilers and pressure vessels without making registration and receiving the registration license of operation. This procedure is not applicable to boilers and pressure vessels used by military equipment, nuclear devices, aviation and spacecraft, railroad locomotive, offshore facilities and ships.
Article 4 The registration license of operating boiler and pressure vessel shall be valid during the qualified period regulated by the regular testing for boiler and pressure vessel.
Article 5 The State Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine shall take charge of supervision and control of registration of operating boilers and pressure vessels throughout the country and local quality technical supervision department above county level (hereinafter abbreviated as quality supervision department) shall take charge of supervision and control of registration of operating boilers and pressure vessels within the territorial district.
