Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2018
69BConduct of safety and compliance tests
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69B Conduct of safety and compliance tests
69B Conduct of safety and compliance tests
(1) This clause applies to medical gasfitting work and mechanical services and medical gas work on a medical gas installation or part of a medical gas installation.
(2) A responsible person must conduct a safety and compliance test on work to which this clause applies, immediately after the completion of the work, in accordance with the requirements of the following Australian Standards—
(a) AS 2896:2021, Medical gas systems—Installation and testing of non-flammable medical gas pipeline systems,
(b) AS/NZS 4774.2:2019, Work in compressed air and hyperbaric facilities—Hyperbaric oxygen facilities.
(3) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subclause (2) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
(4) In this clause—
responsible person means—
(a) the qualified person who carried out the work, or
(b) if a qualified person did not carry out the work—the qualified person under whose supervision the work was carried out.
cl 69B: Ins 2020 (641), Sch 1[7]. Am 2021 (404), Sch 1[7].