Anchors and Chain Cables Act, 1899

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Tests.

8.—(1) The tensile strain and the breaking strain used for the purpose of testing anchors and chain cables shall be those specified in the Second Schedule to this Act, or such tests as are substituted by order of the Board of Trade under this section.

(2) Any test approved by the Board of Trade as a test equal or superior to either of the tests specified in the said schedule may be substituted by order of that Board for that test.

(3) Any test approved by the Board of Trade as a test superior to the tensile or breaking test for the time being in force may be used, if the Board of Trade approve, instead of that test in any particular case or class of cases; and in that case or class of cases anchors and chain cables tested according to the test so approved shall be deemed to be tested in accordance with this Act, and the test shall be noted on any certificate of the testing delivered under this Act.

(4) Any reference in this Act to a tensile or breaking strain shall be construed as a reference to the tensile or breaking strain used in accordance with this section.