New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (GAS INSTALLATIONS) REGULATION 1998 - REG 21

21 Autogas work to be carried out by qualified persons

(1) A person must not carry out any kind of autogas work, or employ any other person to carry out any kind of autogas work, unless the person by whom the work is carried out does so:

(a) under the authority of an appropriate trade certificate, or

(b) under the authority of an appropriate provisional trade certificate and under the general supervision of the holder of an appropriate trade certificate, or

(c) under the immediate supervision of the holder of an appropriate trade certificate.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) or 25 penalty units (in any other case).

(2) This clause does not apply to the removal and reinstallation of a vehicle’s gas cylinder by a person:

(a) who is the holder of a boiler inspector’s licence in force under Part 4 of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Regulations , or

(b) who is named in an SAA certificate of approval as a member of the personnel of the gas cylinder test station who is authorised to sign test reports,

for the purpose of its being tested under the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Regulations .

(3) In this clause, "SAA certificate of approval" means a certificate issued to a gas cylinder test station under the approved gas cylinder test station scheme operated by Standards Australia.