9/9/2014

IBR - 1950 : Reg. 2

Message from
Chairman of Central
Boilers Board

About Central Boilers

Board

History of Indian Boiler

Regulations

Reg. 2
Definitions

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

a)

the Act means the Indian Boilers Act, 1923:

b)

Accident means an explosion of a boiler or steam-pipe or any damage of

a boiler or steam-pipe, which is calculated to weaken the strength thereof
so as to render it liable to explode:

c)

Boiler means any closed vessel exceeding 22.75 litres (five gallons) 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:

cc)

Calculation Pressure, in relation to a boiler, means the design pressure of

any part adjusted to take into account the pressure drops corresponding to
the most severe conditions of pressure drop and hydraulic head;

d)

Chief Inspector and Inspector means, respectively, a person appointed

to be a Chief Inspector and an Inspector under the Act:

dd)

Competent Authority means an authority recognised by the Central Boilers

Board in the manner as laid down in regulation 4A to 4H, as competent to
issue certificates to welders for the purposes of regulation 4(b)(ii) and
regulation 605;

ddd)

"Design Pressure" means:-

Forew ord

Contents Chapter
Wise

Contents Regulation
Wise

List of Amendments

Indian Boilers
Act 1923

Ibr Forms

Home

(i) in relation to a natural or assisted circulation boiler, the maximum

allowable working pressure in the steam drum of the boiler;

Search

(ii) in relation to a once through forced-circulation boiler, the maximum

allowable working pressure at the final superheater steam outlet;

Help

Contact Us

e)

Economiser means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partly exposed

to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat:

ee)

Evaluation Committee means a committee constituted by the Central

Government consisting of :(a) Technical Adviser (Boilers)

: Chairman

(b) Chief Inspector (Boilers) of the State where the

unit is located

: Member

c)
f)

http://dipp.nic.in/boiler_rules_updated/reg2.htm

A representative of the manufacturers of

boilers/ancillaries in public sector.

: Member

feed-pipe (i) means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under
pressure through which feed-water passes directly to a boiler.
1/2

9/9/2014

IBR - 1950 : Reg. 2

(ii) every reference to a steam-pipe or steam-pipes shall be deemed to

include also a reference to feed-pipe or feed-pipes respectively.
g)

Inspecting Authority means an authority recognised by the Central Boilers

Board in the manner as laid down in regulation 4A to 4H, as competent to
grant a certificate in Form-II, II-A or II-B.

h)

Inspecting Officer means :(i)

in respect of material manufactured or boilers constructed

in any State an officer appointed by the Inspecting Authority
in that State;

(ii)

in respect of material manufactured or boilers constructed

outside the States an officer acting on behalf of the
Inspecting Authority:

(iii)

in respect of :
(a)

Approval of drawings of boilers or parts

thereto with minor changes, where
necessary, except for the drawings of the
first set of boilers or parts thereto;

(b)

Inspection at stages of manufacture

including examination of repairs;

hh)

Liaison Sub-Committee means a committee constituted by the Central

Boilers Board under bye-law 3 (i)(e) of the Bye-Laws of the Central Boilers
Board.

i)

owner includes any person 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 :

j)

prescribed means prescribed by regulations or rules made under the Act:

k)

Steam-pipe means any pipe through which steam passes from a boiler to
a prime-mover or other user or both if :(i)

the pressure at which steam passes through such pipe

exceeds 3.5 Kilograms per square centimetre above
atmospheric pressure; or

(ii)

such pipe exceeds 254 millimetres in internal diameter;

and includes in either case any connected fitting of a
steam-pipe.

l)

State or States means a State or the States to which these regulations

extend.

m)

Structural alteration, addition or renewal shall not be deemed to include

any renewal or replacement, of a petty nature when the part or fitting used
for replacement is not inferior in strength, efficiency or otherwise to the
replaced part or fitting

n)

Technical Adviser (Boilers) means Technical Adviser (Boilers) to the

Government of India in the Ministry of Industry (Department of Industrial
Development).

Message from Chairman of Central Boilers Board About Central Boiler Board History of Indian Boiler
Regulations

http://dipp.nic.in/boiler_rules_updated/reg2.htm

Forew ord Contents Chapter Wise Contents Regulation Wise List of Amendments
Indian Boilers Act 1923 Ibr Forms Home Search Help Contact Us
2/2