(l) The principal duties of an Inspector shall be inspection and examination of boilers and steam pipes and other connected fi t t ings for registration or renewal of cert if icates. He shall also perform the duties of an Inspecting Officer when required to do so by the Inspecting Authority. Inspection shall be carried out in strict accordance with the Regulations and these Rules;
(2) Kinds of Inspection—There shall be three kinds of inspection of boilers —.
(a) when a boiler has been offered for regist ration as required under Section 7;
(b) when the cert if icate granted under the Act is about to expire or when i t has been revoked or withdrawn under Section 11 and the owner desires that i t shall be renewed under Section 8;
(c) an inspection at any t ime for the purpose of ascertaining if the boiler is being operated in conformity with the provisions of the Act and rules framed thereunder.
(3) Search for unregis tered boilers.—It shall be a duty of an Inspector to search for unregistered or uncertif icated boilers within his area and to see that cert if icate d boilers are worked in accordance with the terms of the cert ificate and with the regulation or rules under the Act.
(4) Inspector to advise owners.— At the t ime of inspection, Inspectors may advise the owners and the persons in charge of the boiler on th e safety in operation, good maintenance and periodical cleaning of boilers and feed water treatment.
(5) Specific duties.—Inspectors shall—
(a) maintain a memorandum of inspection book for each boiler as prescribed in Regulation 386 under their charge and submit i t to the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector for examination and countersignature after each inspection;
(b) receive applications for registration or inspection under Se ction 7 or Section 8 in Form B-1;
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(c) enquire into accidents of boile rs, steam pipes or connected fi t t ings and report to the Deputy Chief Inspector;
(d) report to the Chief Inspector cases of unreported accidents discovered at the t ime of inspection;
(e) submit for the orders of the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspect or—
(i) the memorandum of inspection books of al l boilers proposed for registration under Sect ion 7;
( i i) proposals for increasing or reducing pressure of a boiler after inspection under clause (a) ( i i) of the second proviso to subsection (5) of Section 8;
( i i i) proposals for necessary repairs, structural al terations or renewals to a boiler after inspection under clause (b) of the second proviso to sub - section (5) of Section 8;
( iv)proposals of refusing to renew a cer t if icate under Section 8 and proposals for revoking or withdrawing a cert if icate or provisional order under Section 11;
(v) report when boilers have not been properly prepared for inspection under Section 14;
(vi) proposal for prosecution under the Act and forward the same with his recommendation to the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector of Boilers;
(f) receive report of accidents under Section 18 and forward the same with his recommendation to the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector of Boilers;
(g) Submission of declaration by the Inspector.—When an inspect ion under the Act is completed, the Inspector making i t shall prepare a declaration in Form ‘C’ appended to these rules in column 8 in which the l imit of the working pressure shall be clearly noted, and shall forward the sam e with the application to the Deputy Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector.