Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010

Connection to gas supply after gasfitting work

Heading: inserted, on 1 July 2013, by regulation 13 of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/280).

51 Connecting gas installations to gas supply

(1)

Before a person connects a gas installation or part installation on which gasfitting work has been done to a gas supply, the person doing the connection or, if subclause (5) applies, the supervisor must—

(a)

be satisfied that the installation or part installation is safe to connect; and

(b)

be satisfied that the testing required by these regulations has been done; and

(c)

if a certificate of compliance is required for the work, either issue or sight a certificate of compliance issued no earlier than 6 months before the gas installation or part installation is connected; and

(d)

ensure that the connection is safe; and

(e)

ensure that the gas type and the gas supply pressure are compatible with the gas supply; and

(f)

ensure that any safety devices associated with the supply are correctly rated and operational; and

(g)

if the gas installation or part installation is an imported gas installation or part installation, ensure that it complies with the requirements of section 2 of AS/NZS 5601.1 or section 2 of AS/NZS 5601.2 (as applicable).

(2)

Immediately after a gas installation or part installation has been connected to a gas supply, the person doing the connection or, if subclause (5) applies, the supervisor must ensure that the gas installation is operating in a safe manner.

(3)

If the person who connects a gas installation or part installation or, if subclause (5) applies, the supervisor has not done the testing required by these regulations personally, that person or the supervisor must sight documentation, signed by the person who did the tests, that sets out what tests were carried out and what the results were.

(4)

A person who undertakes or, if subclause (5) applies, supervises the connection of a gas installation or part installation is entitled (if acting in good faith) to rely on the veracity of any certificates of compliance relating to gasfitting work done on the gas installation or part installation, and on the veracity of any equivalent certificate issued under these regulations before 1 July 2013.

(5)

This subclause applies if the connection is to be done on industrial premises that have a design capacity for energy consumption by gas installations of more than 60 000 megajoules per hour (see section 22 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006).

(6)

In this regulation, supervisor means a person who is authorised to supervise work on industrial premises described in subclause (5).

Regulation 51: replaced, on 1 July 2013, by regulation 13 of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/280).

Regulation 51(1): amended, on 31 July 2014, by regulation 11(1) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/205).

Regulation 51(2): replaced, on 31 July 2014, by regulation 11(2) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/205).

Regulation 51(3): amended, on 31 July 2014, by regulation 11(3) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/205).

Regulation 51(3): amended, on 31 July 2014, by regulation 11(4) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/205).

Regulation 51(4): amended, on 31 July 2014, by regulation 11(5) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/205).

Regulation 51(5): inserted, on 31 July 2014, by regulation 11(6) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/205).

Regulation 51(6): inserted, on 31 July 2014, by regulation 11(6) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/205).