New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (GAS INSTALLATIONS) REGULATION 1998 - REG 10

10 Certificates of inspection

(1) Immediately after testing a gas installation following the completion of gasfitting work, the person responsible for the carrying out of the work must furnish a certificate of inspection for the installation:

(a) to the owner of the installation, or

(b) to a person having the control or management of the installation.

Contravention of this subclause is an offence and is punishable in accordance with clause 33.

(2) In the case of a fixed gas installation, the person may also send a copy of the certificate to any other person who appears to be the usual supplier of gas for use in connection with the installation if the certificate indicates that the installation is patently defective.

(3) A certificate of inspection:

(a) must be serially numbered and in the approved form, and

(b) if it indicates that the installation to which it relates is patently defective, must specify what work needs to be done to rectify the patent defect.

(4) A person must not issue a certificate of inspection with respect to a gas installation that is patently defective unless the nature of the patent defect is indicated on the certificate.
Contravention of this subclause is an offence and is punishable in accordance with clause 33.

(5) A person who issues a certificate of inspection under this clause must keep a copy of the certificate for 5 years from the date on which it is issued.
Contravention of this subclause is an offence and is punishable in accordance with clause 33.

(6) A certificate of inspection issued in respect of a gas installation ceases to have effect if a further certificate of inspection is issued in respect of the same installation.