Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

GAS SAFETY REGULATIONS 2001 (2001 NO 18) - REG 15

    (1)     For the Act, section 12 (2), the responsible gasfitter must, immediately upon discovering that a consumer piping system is unsafe—

        (a)     isolate the system from the gas supply; and

        (b)     securely attach, in a conspicuous place to on appropriate meter control or isolation valve in the system, a defect tag that indicates that the system has been isolated because it is unsafe.

Note     If a defect tag is approved under reg 19 (Approved defect tags) for this regulation, the tag must be used.

    (2)     For the Act, section 12 (2), the notice of the unsafe system and the action necessary to make it safe must be given to the owner or occupier of the premises.

    (3)     A gasfitter who gives a notice under subregulation (2) must keep for at least 2 years a record of the notice sufficient to identify the premises where the system is located and when the notice was given.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (4)     A gasfitter who keeps a record under subregulation (3) must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to produce the record if requested to do so by an inspector.

Maximum penalty (for subregulation (4)): 10 penalty units.