Registration Requirements for Pressure Fittings

In part, the following explains the requirements in The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act and Regulations: 

Objective of Design Registration

The primary objective of Design Registration is to ascertain, within reasonable bounds, that designs submitted for registration under The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act are in compliance with the act, regulations, and relevant codes and standards.  One must keep in mind that the owner of the design has ultimate responsibility for its correctness.  Registration of a design does not relieve any person who constructs, installs, alters, or repairs a fitting of liability with respect to that design. 

Design Submission Requirements

Any person who intends to manufacture a fitting for use in Saskatchewan in connection with any boiler, pressure vessel, or pressure piping system shall apply for registration of the fitting unless otherwise provided in the regulations (described below).  A fitting means a valve, gauge, regulating or controlling device, flange, pipe fitting, nozzle, or thing that is attached to or forms part of a boiler, pressure vessel, or pressure piping system.  The submissions for registration shall include:

• the design details (drawings, brochures, catalogues, etc. as appropriate) in duplicate;
• one set of calculations or reports in support of the design (where applicable);
• two Statutory Declaration Forms completed by the manufacturer;
• proof of registration in another Canadian jurisdiction (if applicable);
• a completed "Application for Registration of Design" form for each design; and
• the prescribed fee as shown in the table below, which is taken from the regulations (cheques or money orders made out in Canadian funds to the "Minister of Finance"). No refund will be given of any fee paid pursuant to an application for registration if the application is denied.

The design details, specifications, and other information submitted shall show enough detail to demonstrate that the design will conform to the code or standard specified in the statutory declaration and that the manufacturer conforms to a quality control program as required by the CSA B51 code. 

Design Registration Fees for Fittings

Submissions for registration shall be sent to the Saskatchewan Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety office in Regina at the following address: 

Codes and Standards Compliance Office
Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety
330 - 1855 Victoria Avenue
REGINA SK  S4P 3T2 

Designs submitted by fax or other electronic means (email) are not accepted at this time. 

Notes

Design registration will be denoted by the Canadian Registration Number (CRN) assigned to the design.  Any number of units may be made to one registered design, unless the code or regulations change to invalidate the registered design or unless the registration limits the number of units that may be built to the design.  Registrations of fittings shall be resubmitted for validation ten years after the date of first acceptance. 

Note that it is not necessary that the drawings be stamped by a registered Professional Engineer unless the code or design reviewer requires such stamping. 

Exemptions from Registration Requirements of Fittings

A fitting is not required to be registered in Saskatchewan pursuant to The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act if:

• it is registered by CSA
  (Contact: Renzo Pupulin C.E.T.
  CSA International
  178 Rexdale Boulevard
  TORONTO ON M9W 1R3
  Tel 416-747-2345 Fax 416-401-6789
  renzo.pupulin@csa-international.org); or
  
• it is a category A, B, C, or G fitting, as set out in the CSA B51 code

For more information contact: 
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety at (306) 787-1443
(1-866-530-8599 - Toll free in Saskatchewan) or fax (306) 787-9273.