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Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017
38COffence of interfering with medical gas installations
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#### 38C Offence of interfering with medical gas installations
38C Offence of interfering with medical gas installations
> > (1) A person who carries out any type of work for fee or reward at or near a place where a medical gas installation is located must ensure that the carrying out of the work, and the work, do not interfere with the installation in a way that adversely affects the safety of the installation.
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> > Maximum penalty—500 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.
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> > (2) A person who—
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> > > (a) carries out any type of work at or near a place where a medical gas installation is located, and
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> > > (b) carries out the work in a way that adversely affects the safety of the installation, and
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> > > (c) knows, or ought to have known, that the installation has been adversely affected,
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> > must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after becoming aware that the installation has been adversely affected, notify the person responsible for the installation (within the meaning of section 38B) of that fact.
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> > Maximum penalty—500 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.
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> **pt 5A, div 2 (ss 38A–38E):** Ins 2020 No 17, Sch 1\[6\].