Section 75 - Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017 - Regulations

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(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to any of the following matters—

(a) the provision of reports, information, particulars, returns and statistics for the purposes of this Act and the time and mode of providing and the manner of verification,

(b) the constitution, functions and procedures of a committee to advise the Secretary in relation to any matters relating to the approval or sale of electrical articles or gas appliances that may be referred to it by the Secretary,

(c) the making of applications for the purposes of this Act,

(d) fees or charges for the purposes of this Act (including the waiver, reduction, postponement or refund of fees or charges),

(e) standards for electrical articles or gas appliances and for the materials used in their manufacture,

(f) the design and construction of electrical articles or gas appliances,

(g) the testing and inspection of electrical articles or gas appliances,

(h) the approval, and the withholding and withdrawal of approval, of electrical articles or gas appliances (including of models or types) and the renewal of an approval,

(i) the marking or labelling of electrical articles or gas appliances and the improper use of marks or labels,

(j) guarantees to be given with respect to electrical articles or gas appliances,

(k) the connection, alteration, maintenance, repair, replacement and operation of electrical articles or gas appliances,

(l) the disposal, whether by way of sale or otherwise, of electrical articles or gas appliances (including the imposition of conditions on their sale to ensure their safe use) and the display of electrical articles or gas appliances in connection with their disposal,

(m) electrical installations, gas installations, medical gas installations or autogas installations, or associated fittings or equipment,