New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (GAS INSTALLATIONS) REGULATION 1998 - REG 24

24 Certificates of inspection

(1) Immediately after testing an autogas installation following the completion of autogas work, the person responsible for the carrying out of the work must issue 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) 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.

(3) A person must not issue a certificate of inspection with respect to an autogas 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.

(4) 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.

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