New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

GAS SUPPLY (GENERAL) REGULATION 1997 - REG 9

9 Certificates of compliance

(1) Immediately after testing a gas installation following the completion of gasfitting work, the person responsible for the carrying out of the gasfitting work must issue a certificate of compliance with respect to that work:

(a) to the owner of the installation, or

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

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) The person responsible for the carrying out of the gasfitting work must, within 7 days after completing the gasfitting work, send a copy of the certificate of compliance to the relevant network operator.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) A certificate of compliance:

(a) must be in a form approved by the Director-General, and

(b) must indicate the nature of the gasfitting work that has been carried out, and

(c) must state that the gasfitting work has been carried out in accordance with any relevant gasfitting rules, the Gas Installation Code or the LP Gas Storage and Handling Code , whichever is appropriate, and

(d) must indicate whether or not the gas installation is in safe working order.

(4) A person who issues a certificate of compliance must retain a copy of the certificate for 5 years from the date on which it was issued.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(5) This clause does not apply to gasfitting work involving:

(a) the disconnection of a gas installation from a distribution system, or

(b) the disconnection of a gas appliance from a gas installation.