Interpretation

In these Regulations“air receiver” means– (a) any vessel (other than a pipe or coil, or an accessory, fitting or part of a compressor) for containing compressed air and connected with an air compressing plant; or (b) any fixed vessel for containing compressed air or compressed exhaust gases and used for the purpose of starting an internal combustion engine; or (c) any fixed or portable vessel (not being part of a spraying pistol) used for the purpose of spraying by means of compressed air, any paint, varnish, lacquer, or similar material; or (d) any vessel in which oil is stored and from which it is forced by compressed air; “chain, rope and lifting tackle” means such gear used for the purpose of raising or lowering persons, goods or materials; Factories 7 “competent person” means a person qualified by training and practical experience to undertake examinations and tests of machinery, gear and steam boilers and to report upon the condition of such machinery, gear, or steam boilers; “hoist or lift” means a lifting machine or appliance with a platform or cage, the direction or movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides; “lifting machine” means a crane, crab, winch, tackle, pulley block, gin wheel, transporter or runway; “lifting tackle” means chain slings, rope slings, rings, hoops, shackles and swivels; “maximum permissible working pressure” means, in the case of a new steam boiler, that specified by the manufacturer of the boiler or by a boiler inspecting company or association, and in the case of an existing steam boiler, that specified in the report of the last examination under regulation 22 hereof; “prime mover” means every engine, motor or other appliance which provides mechanical energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, the combustion of fuel or other source; “steam boiler” means any closed vessel in which for any purpose steam is generated under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and includes any economiser used to heat water being fed to any such vessel and any superheater used for heating steam; “steam container” means any vessel (other than a steam pipe or coil) constructed with a permanent outlet into the atmosphere or into a space where the pressure does not exceed atmospheric pressure, and through which steam is passed at atmospheric pressure or at approximately that pressure for the purpose of heating, boiling, drying, evaporating or other similar purpose; “steam receiver” means any vessel or apparatus (other than a steam boiler, steam container, a steam pipe or coil, or a part of a 8 Factories prime mover) used for containing steam under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; “transmission machinery” means every shaft; wheel, drum, pulley, system of fast and loose pulleys, coupling, clutch, driving belt or other device by which motion of a prime mover is transmitted to or received by any machine or appliance.