1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“boiler” means a vessel in which steam is or may be generated or hot water produced under pressure, having a capacity of more than 3 cubic feet (0.085 cubic metres) and includes any pipe or fitting, prime mover, machinery or other equipment attached to it or used in connection with it, but does not include a boiler used solely for heating purposes in a building occupied for residential purposes by not more than four families.(chaudière)
“boiler inspector” means a boiler inspector appointed under this Act, but does not include an insurance boiler inspector.(inspecteur des chaudières)
“certificate of competency” means a valid certificate of competency issued under section 27.(certificat de capacité)
“Chief Inspector” means the Chief Boiler Inspector appointed under this Act.(inspecteur en chef)
“compressed gas” means natural gas, liquified petroleum gas, oxygen, acetylene, ammonia, chlorine or any other gas, whether in liquid, vapour or dissolved state, that is
(gaz comprimé)
(a)
explosive, flammable or toxic, and
(b)
contained under pressure greater than atmosphere,
but does not include steam.
“Gas Board” means the Board of Examiners for Compressed Gas established under section 28.(bureau des examinateurs en matière de gaz)
“have charge of” , when used in relation to a heating plant or a power plant, means to have at all times while the heating plant or the power plant is in operation the duties of general supervision over the operation and maintenance of the heating plant or power plant and over power engineers engaged in the operation of the heating plant or power plant.(avoir la charge de)
“heating plant” means either a high pressure heating plant or a low pressure heating plant.(installation de chauffage)
“high pressure heating plant” means a boiler or two or more boilers on the same premises having a safety valve setting of more than 15 pounds per square inch (103 kilopascals) when the boiler is used for producing steam, or a safety valve setting of more than 160 pounds per square inch (1,100 kilopascals) when the boiler is used for producing hot water or when the temperature of the hot water produced is in excess of 250 degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius).(installation de chauffage à haute pression)
“insurance boiler inspector” means a person who inspects boilers and pressure vessels for an insurance company licensed to transact boiler and machinery insurance under the Insurance Act.(inspecteur d’une compagnie d’assurances)
“low pressure heating plant” means a boiler or two or more boilers on the same premises having a safety valve setting of not more than 15 pounds per square inch (103 kilopascals) when the boiler is used for producing steam, or a safety valve setting of not more than 160 pounds per square inch (1,100 kilopascals) when the boiler is used for producing hot water at a temperature of not more than 250 degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius).(installation de chauffage à basse pression)
“Minister” means the Minister of Public Safety and includes any person designated by the Minister under section 3 to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“operate” , when used in relation to a heating plant or a power plant, means to operate, manipulate, observe and check manual, mechanical, automatic and remote controls and equipment in connection with a heating plant or power plant, but does not include to have charge of a heating plant or power plant.(faire fonctionner)
“power plant” means a boiler or two or more boilers on the same premises together with their accessories, from which the steam produced is used to provide motive power for an engine or turbine or two or more engines or turbines or a combination of them.(installation de production d’énergie)
“pressure piping system” means pipes, tubes, conduits, fittings, gaskets, bolting and other components making up a system, the sole purpose of which is the conveyance of an expansible fluid under pressure and the control of the flow of an expansible fluid under pressure between two or more points.(tuyauterie sous pression)
“pressure vessel” means a vessel or other apparatus, other than a boiler, having a diameter of more than 6 inches (152 millimetres) and a capacity of more than 1.5 cubic feet (0.0425 cubic metres) that is or may be used for containing, storing, distributing, transferring, distilling, processing or otherwise handling gas, air or liquid at a pressure of more than 15 pounds per square inch (103 kilopascals), and includes a pressure retaining apparatus intended for and to be used in a nuclear system with a pressure differential of 5 pounds per square inch (34 kilopascals) or more, but does not include a hot water tank or pneumatic tank containing liquid with or without compressed air or a pressure vessel in a building occupied for residential purposes by not more than four families.(appareil à pression)
“steamfitter-pipefitter trade” includes
(métier de tuyauteur-monteur de tuyaux à vapeur)
(a)
the laying out, assembling, fabricating, installing, maintaining or repairing of piping used in connection with heating systems, cooling systems, process systems, industrial systems, pneumatic systems and gas systems but does not include piping used in connection with portable water or sewage systems or piping assembled or installed during the manufacture of equipment before delivery to a building, structure or site, and
(b)
the interpreting of drawings, manufacturer’s literature and installation diagrams used in connection with the piping for a heating system, a cooling system, a process system, an industrial system, a pneumatic system or a gas system.
1976, c.B-7.1, s.1; 1983, c.14, s.1; 1983, c.30, s.4; 1986, c.8, s.16; 1986, c.17, s.1; 1992, c.2, s.8; 1998, c.3, s.1; 1998, c.41, s.13; 1999, c.9, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.28; 2016, c.37, s.23; 2019, c.2, s.21; 2020, c.25, s.13; 2022, c.21, s.3; 2022, c.28, s.5