(l) The Chief Inspector shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on him by or under he Act but 11 his principal duty shall normally be the supervision and control of the work of the Deputy Chief Inspectors and inspectors. He shall inspect and examine boilers only in exceptional cases and where he considers that the work of an Inspector requires a personal check.
(2) The Chief Inspector shall—
(a) have the registration particulars and calculations submitted by the Inspectors for al l boilers inspected for registration checked as prescribed in Chapter IX of the Regulations and enter under his own signature the approved working pressure and all orders required under Section 7, or
(b) pass orders on the proposals under Section 7 or Section 8 of the Act;
(c) recommend to the Government the area of jurisdiction of each Inspector,
(d) pass orders in all cases in which an Inspector proposed to increase or reduce the pressure allowed for any boiler under sub -clause (a) ( i i) of the second proviso to sub -section (5) of Section 8, withdraw or revoke the cert if icate or provisional order under Section 11 or to order important repairs, structural al terations or renewals in a boiler under Section 8;
(e) pass orders in all cases in which i t is reported that after due notice the boiler has not been properly prepared for inspection under sub -section
(2) of Section 14;
(f) decide all appeals preferred against an order of an Inspector under Section 19;
(g) sanction prosecutions under the Act;
(h) enquire into serious accidents to boilers;
( i) prepare the annual report on the administration of the Act in the State;
( j ) perform the duties conferred on an Inspecting Authority under the Regulations;
(k) depute the Deputy Chief Inspector or Inspector, to perform the duties of an Inspecting Officer under the Regulations;
(1) pass orders on the reports of the Inspect ing Officers and perform all the duties conferred on an Inspecting Authority under the Regulations;
(m) perform the duties conferred on a competent authority under the Regulations.
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(n) approve all drawings and plans for, boilers or parts thereof submitted under Regulation 393 or Regulation 395.
(3) Advice to owners.—The Chief Inspector may advice owners regarding the proper maintenance, safe working, feed water treatment and cleaning of boilers.
(4) Maintenance of registers.—The Chief Inspector shall keep in his office—
(a) a register of appeals; and
(b) a register of accidents.
(5) Refund.—The Chief Inspector shall be the authority for the grant of refund of fees paid in excess.