Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

i Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 S.R. No. 5/2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Commencement 1 4. Principal Regulations 1 5. New definitions inserted 2 6. New regulation 13A inserted 2 13A. Prescribed Type A appliances 2 7. New regulation 16A inserted 2 16A. Prescribed standard for gasfitting work 2 8. New regulation 19A inserted 3 19A. Consumer piping installed outside allotment on which gas installation situated 3 9. New regulation 21 substituted 3 21. Reporting of gas incidents 3 10. Dangerous gas installations 4 11. Application for acceptance of gas installation 5 12. New regulation 31A inserted 6 31A. Acceptance of gas installations containing Type B appliances subject to conditions 6 13. Connection to gas installation 6 14. New regulation 36 substituted 6 36. Duty to report gas incidents 7 15. New regulation 39 inserted 7 39. Prescribed requirements for supply or sale of LPG 7 16. Incorporation of new standard 8 17. New Schedule 8A inserted 8 18. Amendment of Schedule 9 9 19. New Schedule 12 inserted 9 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 10 -- 1 of 11 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2002 S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety Act 1997 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 30 January 2002 Responsible Minister: CANDY BROAD Minister for Energy and Resources HELEN DOYE Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to make miscellaneous amendments to the Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 1999. 2. Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 118 of the Gas Safety Act 1997. 3. Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 1 February 2002. 4. Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 1999 1 are called the Principal Regulations. -- 2 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 2 5. New definitions inserted In regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations insert the following definitions— ' "Autogas" means liquefied petroleum gas which is intended to be used for automotive purposes; "LPG" means liquefied petroleum gas.'. 6. New regulation 13A inserted After regulation 13 of the Principal Regulations insert— "13A. Prescribed Type A appliances (1) For the purposes of section 70(2) of the Act, a Type A appliance that is labelled in accordance with sub-regulation (2) is an appliance of a prescribed class. (2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), the label must— (a) be in a form approved by the Office; and (b) indicate that the appliance— (i) is subject to testing; and (ii) is not accepted for use.". 7. New regulation 16A inserted After regulation 16 of the Principal Regulations insert— "16A. Prescribed standard for gasfitting work For the purposes of section 72(1) of the Act, the prescribed standard in relation to gasfitting work is AS 5601/AG 601.". r. 5 -- 3 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 3 8. New regulation 19A inserted After regulation 19 of the Principal Regulations insert— '19A. Consumer piping installed outside allotment on which gas installation situated (1) A person must not install consumer piping on land, other than the allotment on which the gas installation associated with that consumer piping is situated, unless— (a) the person has given the Office at least 48 hours notice before installing that consumer piping; and (b) that consumer piping complies with standards determined by the Office. (2) The Office may determine 2 or more contiguous allotments to be an allotment for the purposes of sub-regulation (1). (3) In this regulation, "allotment" means land which can be disposed of separately under section 8A of the Sale of Land Act 1962 without being subdivided.'. 9. New regulation 21 substituted For regulation 21 of the Principal Regulations substitute— "21. Reporting of gas incidents (1) A person carrying out gasfitting work on a gas installation must report, without delay, any gas incident which occurs during the carrying out of that gasfitting work to the Office and— r. 8 -- 4 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 4 (a) if the gas installation uses natural gas, the gas distribution company which supplies that gas to the gas installation; or (b) if the gas installation uses LPG, the gas retailer which supplies that gas to the gas installation. Penalty: 20 penalty units. (2) If a person carries out gasfitting work on a Type B appliance and the person is aware that the work is required because of a gas incident which had occurred in relation to that appliance, the person must, without delay after becoming so aware, report the gas incident to the Office and— (a) if the gas installation of which the appliance forms part uses natural gas, to the gas distribution company which supplies that gas to the gas installation; or (b) if the gas installation of which the appliance forms part uses LPG, to the gas retailer which supplies that gas to the gas installation. Penalty: 20 penalty units.". 10. Dangerous gas installations In regulation 22 of the Principal Regulations, for sub-regulation (2) substitute— "(2) If the person carrying out the gasfitting work is unable to make the gas installation safe, he or she must notify— r. 10 -- 5 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 5 (a) if the gas installation uses natural gas, the gas distribution company which supplies that gas to the gas installation of the defect; or (b) if the gas installation uses LPG, the gas retailer which supplies that gas to the gas installation of the defect. Penalty: 20 penalty units.". 11. Application for acceptance of gas installation (1) After regulation 30(3) of the Principal Regulations insert— "(3A) For the purposes of section 73(2)(c) of the Act, a statement of compliance relating to an application for acceptance of a gas installation that contains a Type B appliance must be— (a) in the Form of Schedule 8A; and (b) signed by a person who is licensed under Part 12A of the Building Act 1993 to carry out specialised plumbing work in respect of Type B appliances.". (2) In regulation 30 of the Principal Regulations, for sub-regulation (4) substitute— "(4) For the purposes of section 73(2)(c) of the Act, a statement of compliance relating to an application for acceptance of a gas installation other than a gas installation of the kind referred to in sub-regulation (3A) must be— (a) in the form of Schedule 9; and (b) signed by a licensed person.". r. 11 -- 6 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 6 12. New regulation 31A inserted After regulation 31 of the Principal Regulations insert— "31A. Acceptance of gas installations containing Type B appliances subject to conditions (1) This regulation applies if the Office accepts, under section 73 of the Act, a gas installation that contains a Type B appliance subject to a condition requiring the gas installation to be tested by a person or body approved by the Office. (2) The applicant for acceptance must— (a) arrange for the required tests to be carried out; and (b) notify the Office, in writing, of the results of those tests. (3) A notice under sub-regulation (2) must contain or be accompanied by a statement of compliance in the form of Schedule 9 made and signed by the person or body approved by the Office who carried out the tests of the gas installation.". 13. Connection to gas installation In regulation 34 of the Principal Regulations, after "Act" insert "or the Office has approved the supply of gas for the purposes of commissioning that part of the gas installation". 14. New regulation 36 substituted For regulation 36 of the Principal Regulations substitute— r. 12 -- 7 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 7 "36. Duty to report gas incidents If a gas incident occurs in relation to a Type B appliance the owner of the appliance must report the gas incident, without delay, to the Office and— (a) if the gas installation of which the appliance forms part uses natural gas, to the gas distribution company which supplies that gas to the gas installation; or (b) if the gas installation of which the appliance forms part uses LPG, to the gas retailer which supplies that gas to the gas installation. Penalty: 20 penalty units.". 15. New regulation 39 inserted After regulation 38 of the Principal Regulations insert— "39. Prescribed requirements for supply or sale of LPG (1) For the purposes of section 79A(1)(c) of the Act, the prescribed requirements are that the person affix at or near the place the gas is supplied a sign that is— (a) in the form of Schedule 12; and (b) at least 200 millimetres long and 100 millimetres high. (2) For the purposes of section 79A(2) of the Act, the prescribed appliances are— (a) Type A appliances that have been accepted under sections 68 or 69 of the Act for use with LPG of any composition; and r. 15 -- 8 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 8 (b) Type B appliances that have been accepted under section 73 of the Act for use with LPG of any composition.". 16. Incorporation of new standard (1) In regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations, in the definitions of "consumer piping", "operating pressure", "pressure" and "rated working pressure", for "AG 601" substitute "AS 5601/AG 601". (2) In regulations 16 and 26 of the Principal Regulations, for "AG 601" (wherever occurring) substitute "AS 5601/AG 601". (3) In Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, for "AG 601—Gas Installation Code" substitute "AS5601/ AG 601—Gas Installations". 17. New Schedule 8A inserted After Schedule 8 to the Principal Regulations insert— "SCHEDULE 8A STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE IN RELATION TO GAS INSTALLATIONS CONTAINING TYPE B APPLIANCES (Section 73) (Regulation 30(3A)) Certification I certify that this gas installation will meet the requirements of the Gas Safety Act 1997 and the Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 1999. Signature: Date: _______________". r. 16 -- 9 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 9 18. Amendment of Schedule 9 In Schedule 9 to the Principal Regulations— (a) for "(Regulation 30)" substitute "(Regulations 30(4) and 31A)"; (b) omit "by licensed person". 19. New Schedule 12 inserted After Schedule 11 to the Principal Regulations insert— "SCHEDULE 12 (SECTION 79A(1)) (REGULATION 39A(1)) WARNING SIGN WARNING Household LPG appliances (including BBQs and LPG camping equipment) are not designed to operate on Autogas. Using Autogas in such appliances may make them UNSAFE. No commercial, household or portable LPG cylinders shall be filled with Autogas on this site. Knowingly supplying Autogas for use in a household LPG appliance is an offence with a maximum penalty of $4000 applying to natural persons and $20 000 applying to bodies corporate. ". ═══════════════ r. 18 -- 10 of 11 -- S.R. No. 5/2002 Gas Safety (Gas Installation) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 10 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 6/1999 as amended by S.R. No. 99/1999. —— The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 1994. Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter Statutory Rule Provision Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document Regulation 7 which inserts new regulation 16A in the Principal Regulations Regulation 16 which amends regulations 4, 16 and 26 and Schedule 1 of the Principal Regulations AS 5601/AG 601—Gas Installations The whole (to the extent that it applies to Victoria) Endnotes -- 11 of 11 --