The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) on January 13, 2025, issued the Draft Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) (Amendment) Rules, 2024, to further amend the Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 2016.
The following has been stated namely: -
• They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
• Rule 4 which states “Restriction on filling, manufacture and import of pressure vessels including fittings and vapouriser” the sub-rule (3)(ii) has been substituted namely: -
“The Chief Controller on receipt of documents mentioned in clause (i) shall get the fabrication shop inspected by a Controller for assessment of the capability of fabrication of pressure vessels, vapourisers or fittings and shall either approve the shop or reject the application depending on the assessment report. The approval shall remain valid initially for a period of one year. Subsequently based on the satisfactory performance report, the approval may be periodically renewed for ten years. The fee for renewal shall be as specified in clause B of Schedule I; (iii) Any person seeking approval of design of a pressure vessel, vaporiser
• Rule 51 which states “Period for which licences may be granted or renewed” the sub-rule (1) has been substituted namely: -
“A licence in Form LS-1A or LS-1B 14 [or LS-1C] for the storage of a compressed gas in a pressure vessel shall be granted or renewed subject to a maximum ten years and shall remain in force until the 30th day of September of the year up to which the same is granted or renewed”
• This shall be deemed to come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette
Objections or suggestions may be sent to the Deputy Secretary (Explosives), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or at [email protected] within 30 days.
[Notification No. G.S.R. (32)]
