Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) This section applies if the planning and land authority believes on reasonable grounds that a consumer piping system is not safe, or may not be safe, having regard to all or any of the following matters:
(a) the period since the system was tested;
(b) the age of the system;
(c) the number of times work has been done on the system;
(d) an accident, a natural disaster, the alteration of the premises or some other act that may have adversely affected the system.
(2) The planning and land authority may, by written notice, direct the owner of premises where the system is installed to arrange for the system to be tested to find out if it is safe.
(3) The direction may state that the period within which the testing is to be completed.
(4) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a direction under subsection (2).
Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 10 penalty units.