Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) A person must not do gasfitting work except in accordance with the following codes of practice (as far as they are applicable):
(a) AG 501: Code for Industrial and Commercial Gas Fired Appliances;
(b) AG 601: Gas Installation Code.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) Subject to subregulation (3), a person must not—
(a) connect a gas appliance to a consumer piping system; or
(b) operate a gas appliance connected to a consumer piping system if the appliance has been modified.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a gas appliance—
(a) certified under a scheme conducted by the Australian Gas Association for the certification of gas appliances; or
(b) if no such scheme exists or if the appliance is not covered by such a scheme (for example, in the case of a rare or unusual kind or design of appliance)—approved in writing by the gas pipeline operator from whose distribution pipeline gas is supplied to the appliance or by a person authorised under subregulation (4).
(4) For paragraph (3) (b), the regulator may, in writing, authorise a person to approve appliances in accordance with that paragraph.