40Notification of serious electrical and gas accidents

#### 40 Notification of serious electrical and gas accidents 40 Notification of serious electrical and gas accidents > > (1) The occupier of the place at which a serious electrical accident or a serious gas accident occurs (or any other person that the regulations may prescribe) must notify the Secretary of the accident— > > > > > (a) in relation to a serious medical gas accident—within 24 hours after the accident, and > > > > > (a1) in any other case—within 7 days after the accident, and > > > > > (b) in the manner (if any) prescribed by the regulations. > > > > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units (if the place at which the accident occurred is residential premises) and 100 penalty units (in any other case). > > > (2) The regulations may exempt a person, or a person belonging to a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations from any requirement under this section to notify the Secretary of a serious electrical accident or a serious gas accident. > > **s 40:** Am 2020 No 17, Sch 1\[8\].