Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

GAS ACT 1992 - SECT 70

70. (1) The Minister shall prepare and maintain a manual called the Gas Manual.

(2) Requirements in relation to the following matters may be specified in the Manual:

(a)     the manner in which gas reticulation systems are to be constructed, replaced, repaired, maintained, renewed and operated;

(b)     the quality and design of materials, pipes, fittings and apparatus that are to form part of a gas reticulation system;

(c)     the design and construction of any pipe, fitting or apparatus that is to be connected to a gas reticulation system;

(d)     the quality of the materials to be used in the construction of any pipe, fitting or apparatus that is to be connected to a gas reticulation system;

(e)     the installation, maintenance or operation of any pipe, fitting or apparatus that is, or is to be, connected to a gas reticulation system;

(f)     the composition and quality of gas reticulated by authorised distributors;

(g)     the pressure at which gas is to be reticulated;

(h)     the examination, testing and sealing of gas meters;

(i)     the testing of gas to determine its composition, qualities and characteristics;

(j)     the testing of the pressure of gas in a gas reticulation system and the determination of the volume of gas that a gas reticulation system is capable of supplying.

(3) The Minister may, by instrument, amend the Manual.

(4) The requirements specified in the Manual shall include—

(a)     any relevant standards of the Standards Association of Australia (in this section called “the SAA standards”);

(b)     any relevant standards of the Australian Gas Association (in this section called “the AGA standards”); and

(c)     any relevant standards of authorised distributors (in this section called “the distributors' standards”).

(5) To the extent of any inconsistency between—

(a)     the SAA standards and the AGA standards or distributors' standards—only the SAA standards shall be included in the Manual; and

(b)     the AGA standards and the distributors' standards—only the AGA standards shall be included in the Manual.

(6) A standard is to be taken to be consistent with another standard if it is capable of applying concurrently with that other standard.