50Prohibition of supply of appliances or components

50 Prohibition of supply of appliances or components

(1)  The Director, by notice published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating generally in the State, may prohibit the supply, sale or use of –

(a) an appliance or component; and

(b) appliances or components of a specified class.

(2)  A prohibition under subsection (1) takes effect from the date of publication of the notice or from such later date as is specified in that notice.

(3)  The Director, by notice in writing given to a person, may prohibit that person from supplying, selling or using –

(a) an appliance or component; and

(b) appliances or components of a specified class.

(4)  A notice under subsection (3) takes effect from the date of the notice or such later date as is specified in the notice.

(5)  The Director may exercise a power of prohibition under this section only if it appears to the Director that –

(a) the appliance or component, or the appliances or components of the specified class, are not approved under this Division; or

(b) the appliance or component, or the appliances or components of the specified class, do not comply with the relevant standard for a gas appliance to which this Division applies; or

(c) the appliance or component, or an appliance or component of the specified class is, or is likely to become, by reason of its design or construction, unsafe to use; or

(d) prohibition of the supply, sale or use of the appliance or component, or of all appliances or components of the specified class, is warranted by reason of the risk of death or injury to any person or damage to any property arising out of the use of that appliance or component, or of appliances or components of that class.

(6)  The Director may withdraw a prohibition made under subsection (1) by notice published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating generally in the State.