GAS SAFETY ACT 1997
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Purpose
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Declaration of gaseous fuel
- 5 Declaration of gas company
- 6 Declaration of pipeline to be a transmission line
- 7 Exemptions
- 8 Crown to be bound
PART 2--ENERGY SAFE VICTORIA
- 9 Objectives of Energy Safe Victoria
- 10 Functions of Energy Safe Victoria
- 11 Funding
PART 3--GAS SAFETY
Division 1--General duties of gas companies
- 32 General duties of gas companies
- 33 Gas quality
- 34 Offence to supply or sell gas for unsafe gas installation
- 35 Offence to supply or sell gas where emergency plumbing order applies
- 36 Mandatory reporting of gas incidents
Division 2--Safety case for facility
- 37 Safety case
- 38 Validation of safety case for a facility
- 39 Additional information
- 40 Acceptance of safety case
- 41 Provisional acceptance of safety case
- 42 Non-acceptance of safety case
- 43 Energy Safe Victoria may determine safety case
- 44 Compliance with safety case
- 45 Revision of safety case—change
- 46 Revision of safety case—each 5 years
- 47 Energy Safe Victoria may request submission of revised safety case
- 48 Offence to fail to submit revised safety case on request
- 49 Application of provision to revised safety case
- 50 Compliance with safety case is defence
Division 3--Safety case for gas installation
- 51 Definitions
- 52 Safety case for complex gas installation in manufacturing or industrial premises
- 53 Safety case for supply and installation of Type B appliances in manufacturing or industrial premises
- 54 Safety case for manufacture of complex gas installations
- 55 Exemption from regulations
- 56 Compliance with safety case
- 57 Revision of safety case—each 5 years
- 58 Energy Safe Victoria may request submission of revised safety case
- 59 Compliance with request
- 60 Lapsing of safety case
- 61 Duty of operator of complex gas installation
- 62 Duty of manufacturer of Type B appliances
- 63 Duty of manufacturer of complex gas installations
- 64 Compliance with safety case is a defence
Division 4--Approval or authorisation to undertake certain gas work
- 65 Approval of persons to carry out upstream gas work
- 66 Offence to carry out upstream gas work without approval or authorisation
- 67 Standard of gas work
Division 5--Appliances and gas installations
- 68AA Definition
- 68 Authorisation of acceptance scheme
- 69 Acceptance of appliance by Energy Safe Victoria
- 69A Declaration of non-acceptance of appliance
- 69B Approval of label for Type A appliances
- 70 Offence to install certain Type A appliances
- 71 Offence to supply or sell unaccepted or unlabelled appliances
- 71A Offence to sell unsafe appliances
- 71B False labelling in relation to Type A appliances
- 71C Unsafe modifications to Type A appliances
- 72 Compliance with prescribed standards and requirements for work on gas installation
- 73 Acceptance of gas installation
- 74 Offence to use Type B appliance
- 75 Offence to supply or sell certain appliances without giving required information
- 76 Prohibition of supply or sale of gas installations, appliances and components
- 77 Offence to disobey prohibition
- 78 Recall of gas installations, appliances or components
- 79 Offence to fail to comply with requirement
Division 6--Further offences relating to gas safety
- 79A Supply or sale of certain types of liquefied petroleum gas
- 79B Interference with gas company pipelines
- 79C Interference with transmission pipelines
- 79D Interference with pipeline, gas installation or meter assembly
- 79DA Safety of gas installations—building work
PART 3A--ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- 79E Proclaimed gas equipment
- 79F Proclaimed gas equipment not to be supplied unless registered and labelled
PART 4--RIGHTS OF REVIEW
- 80 Applications to review
PART 5--INSPECTION
Division 1--Appointment of inspectors
Division 2--Powers of entry--general
- 87 Powers of entry—safety cases and gas incidents
- 88 Occupier to be given copy of consent
- 89 Emergency access
- 90 Powers on entry
- 91 Return of things seized
- 92 Magistrates' Court may extend period
- 93 Entry to be reported to Energy Safe Victoria
Division 3--Powers of entry--enforcement
- 94 Powers of entry—enforcement
- 95 Occupier to be given copy of acknowledgement
- 96 Search warrant
- 97 Announcement before entry
- 98 Copy of warrant to be given to occupier
Division 4--General
- 99 Power of inspector to require information or documents
- 100 Offence to give false information to inspector
- 101 Copying of documents
- 102 Protection against self-incrimination
- 103 Offence to obstruct inspector
- 104 Police to assist inspectors
- 105 Impersonation of inspector
PART 6--ENFORCEMENT
Division 1--Directions
- 106 Chairperson of Energy Safe Victoria may give directions
- 107 Additional powers in emergencies
- 107A Power of Minister
- 107B Delegation by Chairperson of Energy Safe Victoria
- 108 Defence to certain offences if complying with directions of Chairperson of Energy Safe Victoria
- 109 Protection from liability
- 109A Protection of persons executing directions
- 109B Notification to Minister
Division 2--Improvement and prohibition notices
- 110 Issue of improvement notice
- 111 Offence not to comply with improvement notice
- 112 Issue of prohibition notice
- 113 Offence not to comply with prohibition notice
- 114 Notices may include directions
Division 3--Other matters
- 115 Offences by bodies corporate
- 116 Offences by partnerships or unincorporated associations
- 117 False or misleading information
- 117AA Period within which proceedings for offences may be brought
PART 6A--INFRINGEMENT NOTICES
PART 7--GENERAL
PART 8--REPEALS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Division 2--Transitional provisions
- 124 Transitional provisions—gas installations
- 125 Transitional provisions—existing gas installation work
- 126 Transitional provision—appliances
- 127 Transitional provisions—abolition of the Gas Appeals Board
- 128 Transitional provision—Energy Legislation Amendment (Bushfire Mitigation and Other Matters) Act 2011
- 129 Transitional provision—Energy Safety Legislation Amendment (Victorian Energy Safety Commission and Other Matters) Act 2020