Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

GAS SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 47

    (1)     An inspector who enters premises under this part may, for the gas safety legislation—

        (a)     inspect, measure, photograph or film the premises or anything on the premises; or

        (b)     copy a document on the premises; or

        (c)     test or take samples of or from anything on the premises; or

        (d)     take into the premises any people, equipment or material the inspector reasonably needs for exercising a power under the gas safety legislation; or

        (e)     require the occupier, or a person on the premises, to give to the inspector reasonable help to exercise a power under the gas safety legislation.

    (2)     Without limiting the operation of subsection (1), an inspector who enters premises under this part may—

        (a)     check whether any consumer piping system or appliance on the premises—

              (i)     is safe; or

              (ii)     complies with the gas safety legislation; or

              (iii)     has a compliance indicator attached as required under the gas safety legislation; or

              (iv)     in the case of an appliance—is prohibited; or

        (b)     check whether any work done on a consumer piping system or an appliance—

              (i)     is safe; or

              (ii)     has been, or is being, done in accordance with the gas safety legislation.

    (3)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a requirement under subsection (1) (e).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.