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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72821</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.11</section_number><catch_line>Suspension of inspection certificate; injunctive relief</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or his authorized representative may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, in his <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, the <span class="dictionary">boiler</span> or pressure vessel for which it was issued, cannot be operated without menace to the public safety, or when the <span class="dictionary">boiler</span> or pressure vessel is found not to comply with the rules and regulations herein provided. Each suspension of an inspection certificate shall continue in effect until such <span class="dictionary">boiler</span> or pressure vessel shall have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, and until such inspection certificate shall have been reinstated. No <span class="dictionary">boiler</span> or pressure vessel shall be operated during the period of suspension. <a id="paragraph-262354" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.11/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, in the event of violation of any provision of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may <span class="dictionary">petition</span> any appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record for relief by <span class="dictionary">injunction</span>, without being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at <span class="dictionary">law</span> does not exist. <a id="paragraph-262355" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.11/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 237; 1981, c. 39; 2000, c. 728.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
