60Connection of gas containers to gas installations

60 Connection of gas containers to gas installations

60 Connection of gas containers to gas installations

(1) A person must not connect a gas container to a gas installation unless—

(a) a compliance plate is attached to the installation, and

(b) the gas container is suitable and safe for use with the gas with which it is designed to be used, and

(c) if the gas container is a gas cylinder, pressure vessel or gas tank of a type for which a design is registered by SafeWork NSW or a corresponding regulator under a relevant law, it is of the registered design.

(2) A person must not connect a gas container to a gas installation if a defect notice is attached to the container or installation.

(3) This clause does not apply to—

(a) anything that is done in the course of the carrying out of gasfitting work, or

(b) anything that is done in the course of the testing of a gas installation by a person by whom gasfitting work is being carried out or by the holder of an appropriate supervisor certificate, or

(c) the connection of a gas container to a gas installation that is installed in a vehicle, vessel or machine registered or licensed under the laws of any State, Territory or country outside New South Wales.

(4) In this clause—

relevant law means the following—

(a) in relation to SafeWork NSW, the Work Health and Safety Act 2011,

(b) in relation to a corresponding regulator, a corresponding WHS law (within the meaning of that Act).

Maximum penalty (subclauses (1) and (2)): 100 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) or 25 penalty units (in the case of an individual).