Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

GAS ACT 1992 - SECT 74

74. (1) An authorised distributor shall not reticulate gas that has a heating value that is outside the range of heating values prescribed by the Manual.

Penalty: $1,000.

(2) An authorised distributor shall not reticulate gas that has a Wobbe index number that is outside the range of Wobbe index numbers prescribed by the Manual.

Penalty: $1,000.

(3) An authorised distributor shall not reticulate gas at a pressure that differs from the pressure prescribed by the Manual.

Penalty: $5,000.

(4) An authorised distributor shall not reticulate gas with an odour that does not comply with the Manual.

Penalty: $1,000.

(5) An authorised distributor shall not reticulate gas containing an impurity in a concentration exceeding the concentration prescribed by the Manual.

Penalty: $1,000.

(6) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, connect an apparatus to a gas reticulation system unless the apparatus complies with the Manual.

Penalty:

(a)     if the offender is a natural person—$3,000;

(b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$15,000.

(7) A person shall not, in trade or commerce, supply an appliance that is intended, or is likely, to be used with gas unless the appliance complies with the Manual.

Penalty:

(a)     if the offender is a natural person—$1,000;

(b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$5,000.

(8) Only one penalty may be imposed on an authorised distributor in respect of all contraventions of subsection (1), (2) or (3) on any one day.

(9) In subsection (7)—