42Approval of gas appliances and components

42 Approval of gas appliances and components

(1)  A gas appliance or component to which this Division applies is taken to be approved if –

(a) it is approved by the Director under this Division; or

(b) it is approved, registered or certified by an external authority.

(2)  The Director may, by notice in the Gazette –

(a) approve, subject to any conditions that the Director thinks fit, an authority or any other person as an external authority for the purposes of this section; and

(b) vary or revoke a previous approval issued under this section; and

(c) direct an external authority to operate its gas appliance approval or certification scheme in accordance with rules or instructions prescribed by the Director in the notice.

(3)  A notice under this section is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .