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Subs. by Act 49 of 2007, S. 3(2) for: “(b) “boiler” means any closed vessel exceeding 22.75 litres in capacity which is used expressly for generating steam under pressure and includes any mounting or other fitting attached to such vessel, which is wholly or partly under pressure when steam is shut off;”, w.e.f. 27.5.2008. 2 (iii) in which water is heated below one hundred degrees centigrade; (ba) “boiler component” means steam piping, feed piping, economiser, superheater, any mounting or other fitting and any other external or internal part of a boiler which is subject to pressure exceeding one kilogram per centimetre square gauge;] 9[(c) “Chief Inspector”, “Deputy Chief Inspector”, and “Inspector” mean, respectively, a person appointed to be a Chief Inspector, a Deputy Chief Inspector and an Inspector under this Act;] 10[(ca) “Competent Authority” means an institution recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for issue of certificate to the welders for welding of boiler and boiler components;] 11[(cb) “Competent Person” means a person recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture, erection and use. All Inspectors shall be ipso facto competent persons;] 12[(cc) “economiser” means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partially exposed to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat; (ccc) “feed-pipe” means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under pressure through which feed water passes directly to a boiler and which does not form an integral part thereof;] 13[(ccd) “Inspecting Authority” means an institution recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for the inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture. All Chief Inspectors of Boilers shall be ipso facto Inspecting Authorities; (cce) “manufacture” means manufacture, construction and fabrication of boiler or boiler component, or both; (ccf) “manufacturer” means a person engaged in the manufacture;] (d) “owner” 14[includes any person possessing or] using a boiler as agent of the owner thereof and any person using a boiler which he has hired or obtained on loan from the owner thereof; (e) “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations or rules made under this Act;