(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—
(a) the safe conveyance, sale, supply, measurement, control and use of gas;
S. 118(1)(b) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(b) prescribing the standards of quality of gas to be conveyed, supplied or sold and empowering Energy Safe Victoria to exempt a gas company from those standards in prescribed circumstances;
(c) requiring the keeping of records of factors affecting gas quality;
(d) tempered liquefied petroleum gas plants;
(e) the safe storage of gas in vessels which have an aggregate capacity not exceeding 500 litres and which are connected to a gas installation;
(f) specifying the requirements and standards with which a safety case must comply;
(g) specifying procedures for acceptance and revision of safety cases;
(h) requiring a safety case to nominate the persons who are to carry out gas work or a class of gas work in any part of the facility or in relation to a gas installation to which the safety case applies;
(i) requiring a safety case to nominate an independent auditor to monitor compliance with a safety case;
(j) providing for the keeping of records in relation to safety cases;
S. 118(1)(k) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(k) empowering Energy Safe Victoria to exempt a safety case from all or any of the requirements of the regulations made in relation to safety cases;
S. 118(1)(l) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(l) the safety and acceptance of gas installations and appliances and the standards and requirements to apply to them, including standards determined by Energy Safe Victoria;
(m) prescribing or approving standards or requirements for the quality and design of materials, fittings and apparatus to be used in or in connection with gas installations and the methods to be followed in carrying out gas installations;
(n) requiring gas installations to be kept in proper repair;
(o) the safety and acceptance of gas installations, appliances and components;
S. 118(1)(p) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(p) regulating and requiring tests to be carried out on appliances and gas installations before acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria;
(q) the information to be included in or to accompany an application for acceptance of an appliance or gas installation, including details of tests;
S. 118(1)(r) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(r) regulating and requiring the fixing of compliance plates issued by Energy Safe Victoria on gas installations, appliances and components;
S. 118(1)(ra) inserted by No. 59/2008 s. 40(1).
(ra) requiring the keeping of records in relation to the service, maintenance, repair or modification of a complex gas installation or a Type B appliance;
S. 118(1)(s) amended by No. 13/2025 s. 82(Sch. 2 item 39).
(s) empowering an authorised officer to disconnect or order the disconnection of an appliance or gas installation from a gas supply;
(t) the supply or sale or offer of supply or sale of appliances and components;
S. 118(1)(u) amended by No. 91/1998 s. 27(2).
(u) prescribing the qualifications and experience required for persons engaged in upstream gas work and gasfitting work on complex gas installations;
(v) notices to be given by persons proposing to carry out gas work and carrying out or completing the carrying out of any gas work;
S. 118(1)(w) amended by Nos 91/1998 s. 33, 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(w) the testing of gas by Energy Safe Victoria or an authorised officer of a gas company or any other person to ensure compliance with the prescribed standards and requirements, including—
(i) prescribing the apparatus with which and the methods by which tests are to be made for testing the quality of gas and the methods of recording those tests;
(ii) prescribing the method and frequency of checking the accuracy of that apparatus;
(iii) prescribing the places and times at which tests must be made;
S. 118(1) (w)(iv) amended by No. 91/1998 s. 33.
(iv) requiring a gas company or an authorised officer of a gas company or any other person to certify that the tests have been carried out in accordance with the regulations;
S. 118(1)(wa) inserted by No. 31/2006 s. 9.
(wa) empowering Energy Safe Victoria to exempt a class or classes of persons from the requirement to undertake the testing of gas;
(x) the methods of recording the measurement of gas;
S. 118(1)(y) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(y) requiring or regulating the reporting of gas incidents to Energy Safe Victoria or a gas company;
S. 118(1)(ya) inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 36.
(ya) the standards of energy efficiency and performance required for proclaimed gas equipment;
S. 118(1)(yb) inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 36.
(yb) prohibiting or regulating the supply or offer of supply of proclaimed gas equipment;
S. 118(1)(yc) inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 36.
(yc) the registration of proclaimed gas equipment, including—
(i) applications for registration and the renewal, modification or transfer of registration and the information to accompany the applications (including details about tests);
(ii) the granting of registration;
(iii) conditions on registration;
(iv) the transfer of registration;
(v) variation of registration;
(vi) the refusal and cancellation of registration;
(vii) the renewal and duration of registration;
(viii) the keeping of registers of proclaimed gas equipment and registration holders;
S. 118(1)(yd) inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 36, amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(yd) the testing, marking and labelling of proclaimed gas equipment, including the provision of samples of that equipment and labels to Energy Safe Victoria for testing and the disposal of those samples;
S. 118(1)(ye) inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 36.
(ye) reasonable fees and charges to be charged for or for the recovery of reasonable costs for—
(i) the testing, examination, marking or labelling of proclaimed gas equipment;
(ii) the preparation of reports about proclaimed gas equipment;
(iii) the registration, renewal of registration, modification of registration or transfer of registration of proclaimed gas equipment;
S. 118(1)(yf) inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 36.
(yf) authorising or requiring the giving of public notices in relation to proclaimed gas equipment and the recovery of costs associated with those notices;
S. 118(1)(z) repealed by No. 24/2002 s. 17.
S. 118(1)(aa) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(aa) fixing fees and charges in respect of any function or service carried out by Energy Safe Victoria including—
S. 118(1)(aa)(i) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(i) fees for the submission of safety cases with Energy Safe Victoria;
S. 118 (1)(aa)(ii) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(ii) fees for the validation of safety cases by Energy Safe Victoria;
(iii) annual fees in relation to safety cases;
S. 118 (1)(aa)(iv) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(iv) fees for any other application made to or documents submitted to Energy Safe Victoria under this Act or the regulations;
S. 118(1)(bb) repealed by No. 24/2002 s. 17.
S. 118(1)(cc) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 2).
(cc) empowering Energy Safe Victoria to waive or rebate the payment of a fee in specified circumstances;
(dd) prescribing penalties not exceeding 20 penalty units for breaches of the regulations;
(ee) prescribing any matter or thing authorised or required to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying this Act into effect.
(2) Regulations made under this Act may be made—
(a) so as to apply—
(i) at all times or at a specified time; or
(ii) throughout the whole of the State or in a specified part of the State;
(b) so as to require a matter affected by the regulations to be—
(i) in accordance with a specified standard or specified requirement; or
(ii) approved by or to the satisfaction of a specified person or body;
(c) so as to incorporate, adopt or apply wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations, the provisions of any document, standard, rule, specification or method formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any authority or body whether—
(i) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the regulation is made or at any time before the regulation is made; or
S. 118(2)(c)(ii) amended by No. 59/2008 s. 40(2).
(ii) as published or amended from time to time;
(d) so as to confer a discretionary authority on or leave any matter to be determined by a specified person or body;
(e) so as to provide, in a specified case or class of cases for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations, whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to the extent specified.