Gas Safety Act 2000
12AOffence—unsafe medical gas system
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12A Offence—unsafe medical gas system A gasfitter commits an offence if— (a) the gasfitter carries out gasfitting work on a medical gas system; and (b) the system poses a substantive risk to the safety of any person or property; and (c) the gasfitter fails— (i) to take immediate action to eliminate the risk; or
Work safety and standards Part 2 Gas appliance work Division 2.2 Section 14 R23 23/02/26 Gas Safety Act 2000 Effective: 23/02/26 page 11 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (ii) to give notice in writing about the risk, and the action taken to eliminate the risk, to the construction occupations registrar and the person responsible for the medical gas system as soon as practicable. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. Division 2.2 Gas appliance work