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GAS SUPPLY REGULATIONS 1999 (NO 10 OF 1999) - REG 3

Definitions

    In these regulations, the following definitions apply unless the contrary intention appears:

"Act" means the Gas Supply Act 1998 ".
"approved plan means a safety and operating plan approved under subregulation 38 (1) (including that provision as applied by regulation 40) or 39 (5), and includes—

        (a)     an approved plan incorporating a new part in accordance with subregulation 41 (2); and

        (b)     an approved plan incorporating a variation in accordance with subregulation 42 (5); and

        (c)     or an approved plan incorporating a revised part in accordance with subregulation 43 (5).

"authorised person", for the testing of meters, means the regulator or a person authorised by the regulator under subregulation 48 (1) to test, seal and stamp meters.
authorised testing place means a place authorised by the regulator under subregulation 48 (3) as a place where meters may be tested.
certificate of compliance means a certificate that complies with subregulation 18 (2).
"compliance plate "means a plate that complies with subregulation 18 (2).
"connection", for a gas appliance, includes the reconnection of the appliance.
consumer piping system means a consumer piping system (within the meaning of the Act) to which gas is supplied from a distribution pipeline system.
"corporation" means a body corporate.
determined fee means a fee determined under section 60 of the Act.
"gasfitting work" means—

        (a)     the installation of, or work done on, a consumer piping system; or

        (b)     the connection of a gas appliance to, or the disconnection of a gas appliance from, a consumer piping system; or

        (c)     the inspection or testing of a consumer piping system or a gas appliance under Part 3.

"inaccurate", for a meter—see regulation 4.
"person responsible", for gasfitting work, means—

        (a)     if the person doing the gasfitting work holds a gasfitter's licence or an advanced gasfitter's licence under section 25 of the Plumbers, Drainers and Gasfitters Board Act 1982 —that person; or

        (b)     if the person doing the gasfitting work holds a journeyman gasfitter's licence under that section and the work is done under the general supervision of a person who holds a gasfitter's licence or an advanced gasfitter's licence under that section—the person supervising the work.

"proposed plan" means a proposed safety and operating plan mentioned in subregulation 36 (1), and includes—

        (a)     a proposed plan as substituted under paragraph 36 (2) (a); and

        (b)     a proposed plan incorporating a substituted part that has been accepted by the regulator under subregulation 36 (3); and

        (c)     a proposed plan incorporating a variation that has been accepted by the regulator under subregulation 36 (4).

"regulator" means the Gas Technical Regulator.
safety auditor means a person nominated by a gas pipeline operator under regulation 44 as the operator's safety auditor (other than a safety auditor in respect of whose nomination the regulator has given a notification to the operator under subregulation 44 (3)).
"test", for a meter, includes retest.


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