Gas Safety Act 2000
Div 43 Prohibited and unsafe gas appliances
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Division 4.3 Prohibited and unsafe gas appliances Section 30 page 24 Gas Safety Act 2000 Effective: 23/02/26 R23 23/02/26 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (c) recall an appliance sold and— (i) take action stated in the direction to make the gas appliance safe to use and compliant with the gas safety legislation; or (ii) if it is not practicable to act in compliance with subparagraph (i) or the trader chooses not to take such action—refund to the purchaser the purchase price of the gas appliance. Note For how documents may be given, see Legislation Act, pt 19.5. (3) A direction to recall a gas appliance may require the trader to give— (a) written notice of the recall to people to whom the trader sold, or may have sold, a gas appliance to which the direction relates; or (b) public notice of the recall. Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). (4) A trader must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a direction given to the trader under this section. Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.