A-20.01 - Act respecting pressure vessels

Section 27 Disposition versions

1980-04-01

27. The Government may, by regulation,

(1)  determine which pressure vessels, other than those contemplated in section 1, are governed by this Act and the regulations hereunder;

(2)  exempt from the application, in whole or in part, of this Act or the regulations hereunder, certain pressure vessels or classes thereof;

(3)  establish different standards or conditions according to the classes of pressure vessels he determines or the places they are used or constructed;

(4)  establish, for purposes of safety, methods of design and standards of manufacture, identification, labelling, testing, installation, alteration, repair, maintenance and use of pressure vessels;

(5)  determine the safety equipment that may be required at the place where a pressure vessel is installed;

(6)  determine the information that must be included in the declaration of conformity of a manufacturer of pressure vessels;

(7)  determine the cases where a manufacturer, installer, user or repairer of pressure vessels must obtain approval of a quality control program for a vessel, the content of the program and the time in which it must be produced;

(8)  determine the conditions of issue, maintenance, cancellation or renewal of a certificate respecting pressure vessels;

(9)  determine the notices, information or documents that must be transmitted by a manufacturer, installer, user or repairer of pressure vessels, and the form and time in which they must be produced;

(10)  determine the standards of inspection and approval of pressure vessels;

(11)  determine the standards of approval and registration of welding procedures;

(12)  recognize a body as entitled to inspect pressure vessels constructed outside Québec;

(13)  determine, according to the categories of persons it indicates, the standards of qualification required and the subjects on which the qualification examination of a welder or a person to whom the Minister may delegate powers is based, and the conditions of issue and maintenance of a certificate of qualification;

(14)  prescribe any other necessary measure for the application of this Act.

1979, c. 75, s. 27.