1. No user shall commission or use a boiler unless the user is in possession of a certificate of registration issued in terms of subregulation (3) for that boiler: Provided that a boiler registered with the Department prior to the 23 October 1992 shall be deemed to be registered in terms of this regulation: Provided further that a boiler registered after 23 October, 1992 shall on change of ownership be required to be reregistered.
2. Any user who wishes to use a boiler shall apply to the provincial director for registration of that boiler on a form similar to Annexure 1, prior to such use: Provided that this subregulation shall not apply in respect of the re-erection of a boiler on the same premises.
3. On receipt of an application contemplated in subregulation (2), the provincial director shall forward such an application to an inspector who may issue a certificate of registration in the form of Part C of Annexure 1 in respect of that boiler, subject to such conditions as may be specified on the certificate.
4. A user of a boiler for which a certificate of registration has been issued in terms of subregulation (3) or a certificate issued by the Department prior to the 23 October 1992, shall cause the certificate of registration to be made available for inspection by an inspector or on request by an approved inspection authority or a competent person.
5. The user shall within seven days after the discovery that the certificate of registration has been lost, defaced or destroyed, or any such an occurrence, apply to the provincial director in the form similar to Part A of Annexure 1 for the issue of a duplicate certificate, and affix R100 in the form of uncancelled revenue stamps to such an application. On receipt of such application the provincial director shall submit the application to an inspector who shall issue the duplicate certificate on satisfaction that the original certificate was lost, defaced or destroyed.
6. An inspector may at any time amend, suspend or cancel a certificate of registration issued in terms of subregulation (3).
7. Any user of a boiler shall forthwith notify the provincial director in writing when -
a. such boiler is no longer in use;
b. the right of control over the use of the boiler is transferred by the user to any other user, in which case the user shall also furnish the provincial director with the name and address of such new user; or
c. the user moves the boiler to premises other than the premises reflected on its certificate of registration.
8. A certificate of registration issued in terms of subregulation (3) shall lapse--
a. when it is cancelled by an inspector;
b. upon the transfer of the right of control over the use of the boiler to another user; or
c. when a boiler is removed from the premises reflected on its certificate of registration.