(1) As an Inspecting Authority, the Director shall:-
(a) approve all drawings and plans for construction of boilers, parts thereof, steam receivers, separators, and other like equipments:
(b) Supervise and control the work of all Inspecting Officers in the construction of boilers, parts thereof, steam receivers, separators, and other like equipments;
(c) issue certificates in Forms II and III-A and countersign certificates in Form-III of the Regulations for boilers, parts thereof, steam-pipes, steam receivers, separators, and other like equipments;
(d) advise the makers of boilers or of parts thereof or of steam receivers, separators and other like equipments with regard to the provisions of the Regulations so far as they relate to their design and constructional features
(e) supervise and control the working of any testing laboratory set up for the testing and examination of boilers or parts thereof under construction;
(f) examine and approve all reports, regarding examination of boilers, parts thereof under construction in stages as enumerated in Appendix ‘J’ of the Regulations.
(2) The Director shall –
(a) personally check the registration particulars and calculations submitted by Deputy Directors for all boilers inspected for registration as prescribed in Chapter IX of the Regulations and enter under his own signature the approved working pressure and all orders required by section 7 ;
(b) enter under his own signature any subsequent entries required in the registration book;
(c) obtain from the State of registry registration book of any boiler the transfer of which is reported under section 6 (p);
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(d) fix the area under the control of each Deputy Director and the joint Director;
(e) approve the programs of all Joint Directors and Deputy Directors subordinate to him with due regard to the convenience of owners generally;
(f) examine and countersign the Deputy Director’s Memorandum of Inspection book of each boiler after each inspection;
(g) examine and pass orders on the diaries and returns of Joint Directors;
(h) pass orders in all cases in which an Deputy Director proposes to increase or reduce the pressure allowed for any boiler under section 8, or to revoke, cancel or refuse to renew the certificate of boiler under section 11, or to order important repairs, structural alterations, or renewals in a boiler under section 8;
(i) pass orders in all cases in which it is reported that after due notice the boiler has not been properly prepared for inspection.
(j) Decide all appeals as against the order of a Joint Director or Deputy Director under section 19;
(k) Sanction prosecutions under the Act;
(l) inquire into serious accidents to boilers;