Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, in writing, approve codes of practice for this Act.
Note A power given under an Act to make a statutory instrument (including a code of practice) includes power to amend or repeal the instrument (see Legislation Act, s 46 (1)).
(2) A code of practice may set out practices, standards and other matters about—
(a) the safe installation, connection, repair, maintenance or operation of consumer piping systems or appliances; or
(b) notifications and certifications on completion of any gasfitting work or appliance work.
(3) An approved code of practice is a disallowable instrument.
Note 1 A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act.
Note 2 An amendment or repeal of a code of practice is also a disallowable instrument (see Legislation Act, s 46 (2)).
(4) For the gas safety legislation, a code is relevant to gasfitting or appliance work, a consumer piping system or an appliance if the code purports to apply to it.
(5) The planning and land authority must make a copy of each code, and any instrument (or provision of an instrument) applied (with or without change) by the code, available for public inspection during ordinary office hours at—
(a) the office of the chief planning executive; or
(b) another place prescribed under the regulations.
(6) In this section:
"applied" includes adopted and incorporated.