33Work to be carried out by qualified persons

33 Work to be carried out by qualified persons

33 Work to be carried out by qualified persons

(1) A person must not carry out gasfitting work, or employ any other person to carry out gasfitting work, unless the person by whom the work is carried out does so—

(a) under the authority of an appropriate supervisor certificate, or

(b) under the authority of an appropriate tradesperson certificate and under the general supervision of the holder of an appropriate supervisor certificate, or

(c) under the immediate supervision of the holder of an appropriate supervisor certificate.

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.

(2) A person must not carry out autogas work, or employ any other person to carry out autogas work, unless the person by whom the work is carried out does so—

(a) under the authority of an appropriate trade certificate, or

(b) in the course of an apprenticeship or traineeship and under the supervision of the holder of an appropriate tradesperson’s certificate, or

(c) under the immediate supervision of the holder of an appropriate trade certificate.

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.

Note—

Section 14 (Unqualified electrical wiring work) of the Home Building Act 1989 makes it an offence for a person to carry out electrical wiring work unless the person is authorised to do so under that Act.

(3) In this section—

supervisor certificate, in relation to a particular kind of gasfitting work, means a supervisor certificate in force under the Home Building Act 1989 authorising the holder to carry out, and to supervise, that kind of work, and includes a licence endorsed under that Act to show that it is the equivalent of such a certificate.

trade certificate means—

(a) in relation to autogas work carried out on an autogas installation that is designed for use with liquefied petroleum gas (LP Gas), a tradesperson’s certificate granted under the Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013 in respect of a class of repair work that includes work of a liquefied petroleum gas mechanic, or