PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 727
Gas work for which authorisation is required
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 727
Gas work for which authorisation is required
727 Gas work for which authorisation is required
(1) A person must not carry
out gas work in relation to a gas device (type B) unless—
(a) a gas work
authorisation has been issued for the device; and
(b) the person holds the
authorisation, or is acting under the holder’s authority; and
(c) the work
complies with the authorisation.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—500
penalty units.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an
executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A, to
have also committed the offence.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply
to a fuel gas refrigeration device.
(3) A person does not commit an offence
under subsection (1) if—
(a) the gas work is carried out at an operating
plant under a safety management system, other than a safety management system
that is a generic SMS for that stage of the plant, and the person carrying out
the work has been assessed as competent to carry out the work under the
system; or
(b) the gas work is gas work relating to pipes used to supply gas
to a gas device (type B), and the person carrying out the work holds a gas
work licence that allows the person to carry out that work; or
(c) the gas
work is carried out at a facility that has, under the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011, been classified as a major hazard facility,
if—
(i) the work is carried out under a safety management system under that
Act; and
(ii) the person carrying out the work has been assessed, under the
safety management system, as competent to carry out the work.
(4) A person
must not direct a worker at a place to carry out gas work relating to a gas
device (type B) in a way that contravenes a relevant safety requirement.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an
executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A, to
have also committed the offence.
