55Requirements for compliance plates—general

55 Requirements for compliance plates—general

55 Requirements for compliance plates—general

(1) A compliance plate—

(a) must be in the form approved by the Secretary, and

(b) must be constructed of material approved by the Secretary that is at least 0.5 millimetres thick, and

(c) must have a display area of at least 70 millimetres by 45 millimetres, and

(d) must be attached to the installation in a conspicuous position adjacent to the control valve or other point by which the installation is designed to be connected to a gas cylinder or other gas container.

(2) A compliance plate must be permanently and legibly inscribed, in figures at least 6 millimetres high, with the following information—

(a) the serial number of the certificate of inspection for the installation,

(b) the date on which the testing of the installation was carried out,

(c) in the case of a compliance plate to be attached to a gas installation—

(i) the serial number of the supervisor certificate held by the person by whom the installation was tested, and

(ii) the serial number of the contractor’s licence held by that person or by the contractor by whom that person is employed, and

(iii) an indication of the number and types of gas appliances connected to the installation,

(d) in the case of a compliance plate to be attached to an autogas installation—

(i) the serial number of the trade certificate or supervisor certificate held by the person by whom the installation was tested, and

(ii) the serial number of the repairer’s licence held by the repairer, if any, by whom that person is employed, and

(iii) the engine number and vehicle identification number, if any, of the vehicle, vessel or machine to which the installation is fitted.

(3) In subclause (2)—

contractor’s licence, in relation to a particular kind of gasfitting work, means a licence in force under the Home Building Act 1989 authorising the holder to contract to carry out that kind of work.