S. 3(1) def. of complex gas installation inserted by No. 91/1998 s. 26(3).
complex gas installation means a gas installation which is not a standard gas installation;
component means a component of an appliance or gas installation;
S. 3(1) def. of construction amended by No. 32/2001 s. 34(1)(b).
construction has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
convey, in relation to gas, means to transmit, distribute or otherwise convey by pipeline;
S. 3(1) def. of decision inserted by No. 24/2002 s. 12.
decision for the purposes of Part 4 includes refusal, declaration, condition, prohibition or requirement;
S. 3(1) def. of Director substituted by No. 39/2005 s. 49(2), repealed by No. 4/2020 s. 33(1).
S. 3(1) def. of distribute amended by No. 32/2001 s. 34(1)(c).
distribute has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3(1) def. of distribution pipeline amended by No. 32/2001 s. 34(1)(d).
distribution pipeline has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3(1) def. of Energy Safe Victoria inserted by No. 39/2005 s. 49(1), substituted by No. 4/2020 s. 33(2).
Energy Safe Victoria has the same meaning as it has in the Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005;
facility means—
(a) a pipeline; or
a facility or service for the control of the conveyance of gas; or
(c) a facility for the measurement of gas where the facility is connected to a transmission pipeline; or
(d) a service for the sale by retail of gas (other than liquefied petroleum gas used or intended to be used for automotive purposes); or
(e) a service which controls the quality of liquefied petroleum gas provided for supply or sale (other than liquefied petroleum gas used or intended to be used for automotive purposes); or
(f) a tempered liquefied petroleum gas plant;
gas means any gaseous fuel but does not include any gaseous fuel that is declared under section 4 not to be gas for the purposes of this Act or any provision of this Act;
gaseous fuel includes petrochemical feed stock;
gasfitting work means work carried out in connection with the installation, renewal, commissioning, replacement, modification, relocation, repair or maintenance of any gas installation or any part of any gas installation;
S. 3(1) def. of gas company amended by Nos 91/1998 s. 26(1), 32/2001 s. 34(1)(e), 23/2009 s. 37(2).
gas company means—
(a) a gas transmission company within the meaning of the Gas Industry Act 2001; or
(ab) AEMO; or
(b) a gas distribution company within the meaning of the Gas Industry Act 2001; or
(c) a gas retailer within the meaning of the Gas Industry Act 2001; or
(d) a person who is an owner or operator of a facility or service for the control of the conveyance of gas, being a person declared under section 5 to be a gas company for the purposes of this Act; or
(e) a person who is an owner or operator of a facility for the measurement of gas connected to a transmission pipeline; or
(f) a person who is an owner or operator of a pipeline, being a person declared under section 5 to be a gas company for the purposes of this Act; or
(g) a person who is an owner or operator of a service for the sale by retail of gas (other than liquefied petroleum gas used or intended to be used for automotive purposes), being a person declared under section 5 to be a gas company for the purposes of this Act;
(h) a person who is an owner or operator of a service for the supply of liquefied petroleum gas (other than liquefied petroleum gas used or intended to be used for automotive purposes), being a person declared under section 5 to be a gas company for the purposes of this Act;
gas incident means any incident or event relating to the conveyance, supply or use of gas which causes or has the potential to cause—
(a) the death of or injury to a person; or
(b) significant damage to property; or
(c) an explosion;
gas installation means, in respect of the use or intended use of gas, a combination of—
(a) any pipe or system of pipes for or incidental to the conveyance of gas and components or fittings associated with the pipe or pipes which are downstream of the gas supply point; and
(b) any one or more of the following—
(i) any liquefied petroleum gas storage vessels with an aggregate capacity not exceeding 500 litres;
(ii) any appliance and associated components or fittings which are downstream of the gas supply point;
(iii) any meter which is downstream of the gas supply point;
(iv) any means of ventilation or system for the removal of combustion products which is downstream of the gas supply point;
gas supply point means—
(a) the outlet of a gas company's meter assembly; or
(b) the outlet of the primary shut-off valve of a liquefied petroleum gas storage vessel; or
(c) if paragraph (a) or (b) does not apply, the point of supply of gas;
gas work means gasfitting work and upstream gas work;
S. 3(1) def. of inspector repealed by No. 13/2025 s. 82(Sch. 2 item 1(b)).
meter means an instrument that measures the quantity of gas passing through it;
meter assembly means a system that includes a meter and any associated pipes, fittings, components, equipment or instruments;
S. 3(1) def. of Office repealed by No. 39/2005 s. 49(3).
S. 3(1) def. of operation amended by No. 32/2001 s. 34(1)(f).
operation has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
person includes an unincorporated body or association and a partnership;
S. 3(1) def. of pipeline amended by No. 32/2001 s. 34(1)(g).
pipeline has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
practicable in sections 32, 33, 61, 62 and 63, means practicable having regard to—
(a) in sections 32, 61, 62 and 63 the severity of the hazard or risk in question; and
(b) in section 33, the severity of the hazard or risk involved in not meeting a prescribed standard or requirement; and
(c) the state of knowledge about the hazard or risk and any ways of removing or mitigating the hazard or risk; and
(d) the availability and suitability of ways to remove or mitigate the hazard or risk; and
(e) the cost of removing or mitigating the hazard or risk;
premises includes caravan, mobile home and vessel;
quality, in relation to gas, includes odorisation, purity, temperature, pressure and composition;
S. 3(1) def. of standard gas installation inserted by No. 91/1998 s. 26(3), amended by No. 59/2008 s. 39.
standard gas installation means—
(a) a gas installation—
(i) which contains only Type A appliances; and
(ii) which is located in residential premises of a prescribed class or on land associated with such premises; or
(b) a gas installation—
(i) which contains only Type A appliances; and
(ii) which is located in commercial premises of a prescribed class or on land associated with such premises; and
(iii) in which the total gas consumption of the appliances does not exceed the relevant prescribed amount per hour; and
(iv) which has a maximum metering pressure that is less than the prescribed maximum metering pressure or a maximum operating pressure that is less than the prescribed maximum operating pressure; and
(v) which has a number of gas supply points that is less than the prescribed number of gas supply points;
tempered liquefied petroleum gas means a mixture of vaporised liquefied petroleum gas and air;
S. 3(1) def. of transmission pipeline amended by No. 32/2001 s. 34(1)(h).
transmission pipeline means—
(a) a transmission pipeline within the meaning of the Gas Industry Act 2001; or
(b) a pipeline that is declared under section 6 to be a transmission pipeline;
S. 3(1) def. of transmit amended by No. 32/2001 s. 34(1)(i).
transmit has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3(1) def. of Tribunal inserted by No. 24/2002 s. 12.
Tribunal means the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998;
S. 3(1) def. of Type A appliance amended by No. 39/2005 s. 49(4).
Type A appliance means—
(a) an appliance (including a second-hand appliance) for which an acceptance scheme has been authorised by Energy Safe Victoria in accordance with section 68; or
(b) an appliance which has been accepted under section 69;
S. 3(1) def. of Type A gas installation repealed by No. 91/1998 s. 26(2).
Type B appliance means an appliance (including a second-hand appliance) with a gas consumption in excess of 10 megajoules per hour including any components and fittings of that appliance downstream of and including the appliance manual shut-off valve but does not include a Type A appliance;
S. 3(1) def. of Type B gas installation repealed by No. 91/1998 s. 26(2).
upstream gas work means work carried out between the outlet point of a gas processing plant and the outlet of a gas distribution company's meter assembly in connection with the construction, commissioning, renewal, operation, control, replacement, modification, repair, maintenance or testing of—
(a) transmission and distribution systems and related apparatus and works; or
(b) any other thing used for the conveyance, supply, control or measurement of gas.
S. 3(2) inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 16.
(2) In the definition of gas installation, a reference to gas includes, in relation to liquefied petroleum gas, that gas in its liquid phase.