Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 92 of 2000
- Royal Assent 20 December 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. 1. Short title
2. 2. Commencement
3. 3. Interpretation
3A. 3A. Application of Act
4. 4. Objects
5. 5. Crown bound
6. 6. Act does not derogate from certain Acts
6A. 6A.
PART 2 - Administration Division 1 - Director of Gas
7. 7. Director of Gas
8. 8. Functions of Director of Gas
Division 2 - Director of Gas Safety
9. 9. Director of Gas Safety
10. 10. Functions of Director of Gas Safety
Division 3 - Provisions applicable to Director of Gas and Director
of Gas Safety
11. 11. Delegation
12. 12. Director's power to require information
13. 13. Obligation to preserve confidentiality
14. 14.
15. 15. Advisory committees
16. 16. Annual report
Division 4 -
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17. 17.
18. 18.
19. 19.
20. 20.
Division 5 -
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20A. 20A.
20B. 20B.
PART 3 - Gas supply industry Division 1 - Licensing of gas
entities
21. 21. Requirement for licence
22. 22.
23. 23. Application for licence
24. 24. Consideration of application for issue of licence
25. 25. Authority conferred by licence
26. 26. Licence term and renewal
27. 27. Licence fees and returns
28. 28. Information to be included in licence
29. 29. Licence conditions
30. 30. Licences conferring exclusive franchise
31. 31.
32. 32. Offence to contravene licence conditions
32A. 32A. Directions to comply with licence conditions
33. 33. Notice of licence decisions
34. 34. Variation of licence
35. 35. Transfer of licence
36. 36. Surrender of licence
37. 37. Register of licences
Division 2 - Standard terms and conditions
38. 38.
Division 2A - Gas codes
38A. 38A. Gas codes
38B. 38B. Publication and availability of gas codes
38C. 38C. Review, amendment and replacement of gas codes
Division 3 -
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39. 39.
40. 40.
Division 4 - Failure to supply or convey gas
41. 41. Gas retailer not liable for failure to supply gas
42. 42. Gas entity not liable for failure to convey gas
Division 5 - Protection of property in gas infrastructure
43. 43. Gas and co-located infrastructure does not merge with land
44. 44. Seizure and dismantling of gas infrastructure
Division 6 - Temporary gas rationing
45. 45. Temporary gas rationing
Division 7 - Suspension or cancellation of licences
46. 46. Suspension or cancellation of licences
Division 8 - Power of Director of Gas to take over operations
47. 47. Power to take over operations
48. 48. Appointment of operator
Division 9 - Disputes
49. 49. Disputes
PART 4 - Safety of infrastructure, installations and appliances
Division 1AA -
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49A. 49A.
Division 1 - General requirements for safe operation
50. 50. General requirements for safe operation
51. 51. Gas quality
52. 52. Offence to supply or sell gas for unsafe gas installation
53. 53. Mandatory reporting of gas incidents
Division 2 - Safety and operating plan for facilities
54. 54. Safety and operating plan
55. 55. Auditing of safety and operating plan for facility
56. 56. Additional information
57. 57. Acceptance of safety and operating plan
58. 58. Provisional acceptance of safety and operating plan
59. 59. Non-acceptance of safety and operating plan
60. 60. Director of Gas Safety may determine safety and operating
plan
61. 61. Compliance with safety and operating plan
62. 62. Revision of safety and operating plan
63. 63. Director of Gas Safety may require submission of revised
safety and operating plan
64. 64. Offence to fail to submit revised safety and operating plan
when required
65. 65. Application of provision to revised safety and operating plan
Division 3 - Gas infrastructure, gas installations and gas fitting
work
66. 66. Certain gas fitting work
67. 67. Power to require rectification, &c., in respect of gas
infrastructure or gas installations
Division 4 - Gas appliances
68. 68. Gas appliances to which this Division applies
69. 69. Relevant standard
70. 70. Approval of gas appliances
71. 71. Labelling of gas appliances
72. 72. Application for approval of gas appliances
73. 73. Approval of appliances by Director of Gas Safety
74. 74. Term of approval
75. 75. Offence to install Type A appliances unless approved
76. 76. Offence to use Type B appliances
Division 5 - Acceptance of gas installations
77. 77. Acceptance of gas installations
78. 78. Sale of gas appliances
79. 79. Offence to alter approved gas appliance
79A. 79A. Prohibition of supply of appliances or components
79B. 79B. Offence to disobey prohibition
79C. 79C. Recall of appliances or components
Division 6 - Pipeline planning corridors
79D. 79D. Interpretation
79E. 79E. Declaration of pipeline planning corridors
79F. 79F. Effect of declarations: permitted development applications
79G. 79G. Effect of declarations: discretionary development applications
79H. 79H. Orders of Tribunal
79I. 79I. Effect of declarations: minor amendments of permits
79J. 79J. Effect of declarations: compensation and land acquisition
PART 5 - Gas entities' powers and duties Division 1 - Gas officers
80. 80. Appointment of gas officers
81. 81. Conditions of appointment
82. 82. Gas officer's identity card
83. 83. Production of identity card
Division 2 - Powers and duties relating to gas infrastructure
83A. 83A. Interpretation of Division
84. 84. Power to carry out work on public land
84A. 84A. Acquisition of land, &c.
85. 85. Power to enter land for purposes related to gas
infrastructure
86. 86. Certain gas infrastructure developments exempt from planning
approval
Division 3 - Powers relating to gas installations
87. 87. Entry to inspect, &c., gas installations
88. 88. Entry to read meters, &c.
89. 89. Entry to disconnect supply
90. 90. Disconnection of supply if entry refused
Division 4 - Powers and duties in emergencies
91. 91. Gas entity may cut off gas supply to avert danger
92. 92. Emergency legislation not affected
PART 6 - Enforcement Division 1 - Appointment of authorised officers
93. 93. Appointment of authorised officers
94. 94. Conditions of appointment
95. 95. Authorised officer's identity card
96. 96. Production of identity card
97. 97. Return of identity card
Division 2 - Authorised officer's powers
98. 98. Power of entry
99. 99. General investigative powers of authorised officers
100. 100. Disconnection of gas supply
101. 101. Power to make gas infrastructure or gas installation safe
102. 102. Power to require information
PART 7 - Administrative review and appeal Division 1 -
Administrative review
102A. 102A. Interpretation
103. 103. Interested person
104. 104. Statement of reasons for decision
105. 105. Application for administrative review
106. 106. Stay of operation
107. 107. Reference of application for mediation
108. 108. Administrative review by Director
109. 109. Reference of application for review for mediation or advice
110. 110.
Division 2 - Appeals
111. 111. Appeal against decisions
112. 112. Procedure on appeal
113. 113. Stay of operation
114. 114. Powers of Minister on appeal
115. 115. Reference to Tribunal
116. 116. Constitution of Tribunal
PART 8 - Miscellaneous
117. 117. Exemptions
118. 118. Obligation to comply with conditions of exemption
119. 119. Application and issue of warrant
120. 120. Urgent situations
121. 121. Extension of time limits
122. 122. Confidentiality
123. 123. Unlawful interference with distribution system or gas
installation
124. 124. Unlawful abstraction or diversion of gas
125. 125. Notice of work that may affect gas infrastructure
126. 126. Impersonation of officials, &c.
127. 127. Obstruction
128. 128. False or misleading information
129. 129. Statutory declarations
129A. 129A. Director of Gas may take court action on behalf of
customers
130. 130. General defence
131. 131. Offences by bodies corporate
132. 132. Continuing offence
133. 133. Recovery of profits from contravention
134. 134. Immunity from personal liability for Director, authorised
officer, &c.
135. 135. Evidence
136. 136. Service of notices, &c.
137. 137. Regulations
138. 138. Administration
PART 9 - Miscellaneous amendments
139. 139.
140. 140.
PART 10 - Miscellaneous repeals
141. 141. Hobart Gas Company Act 1977 repealed
142. 142. Hobart Town Gas Company's Act 1854 repealed
143. 143. Hobart Town Gas Company's Act 1857 repealed
144. 144. Launceston Gas Company Loan Guarantee and Subsidy Act 1976
repealed
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