(1) This section does not apply to any repair or maintenance work on a gas installation.
(2) The manufacturers of a stationary engine, determined as high risk by the Director, must apply to the Director for acceptance of the design, installation, testing, commissioning and operation of the gas installation of which the engine forms part before work commences on the installation.
Penalty: In the case of –
(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units; or
(b) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(3) A person who carries out work on a complex gas installation, a standard gas installation of a prescribed class or a gas storage system exceeding 8 kilolitres must apply to the Director for acceptance of the gas installation or gas storage system before the gas installation or gas storage system is commissioned.
Penalty: In the case of –
(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units; or
(b) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(4) An application for acceptance is to –
(a) be in writing; and
(b) include the prescribed information; and
(c) include a statement of compliance in the prescribed form; and
(d) be made in accordance with the regulations; and
(e) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(5) The Director must accept a gas installation or gas storage system, or a class of gas installations or gas storage systems, if he or she is satisfied that the relevant standards and determinations have been met and the statement of compliance is satisfactory.
(6) The Director must notify the applicant and may notify the person in control of the gas installation or gas storage system in writing of his or her decision –
(a) to accept a gas installation or gas storage system; or
(b) to accept a gas installation or gas storage system subject to conditions specified by the Director; or
(c) not to accept a gas installation or gas storage system.
(7) If the Director decides to accept a class of gas installations or gas storage systems under this section, he or she must issue an acceptance and provide the applicant with a unique design approval number for that class.
(8) The conditions specified by the Director may include the following:
(a) requirements for the testing of the gas installation or gas storage system, in accordance with the regulations, by a person or body approved by the Director;
(b) requirements for modifications to be made to the gas installation or gas storage system;
(c) requirements for the affixing of compliance plates, to the gas installation or gas storage system or to any appliance forming part of the installation or system, in accordance with the regulations;
(d) requirements for the safe operation and maintenance of the gas installation or gas storage system;
(e) requirements for the assessment of gas installation design and installation risks associated with the gas installation or gas storage system.
(9) If the Director decides not to accept a gas installation or gas storage system under this section, he or she must notify the applicant of the reasons for that decision.
(10) If the Director accepts a gas installation or gas storage system subject to certain conditions, the acceptance takes effect when the conditions are met.
(11) If the Director accepts a gas installation or gas storage system conditionally on the receipt of a risk analysis or safety management system in accordance with the regulations, the acceptance takes affect when the Director is satisfied that the implemented risk analysis or safety management system allows for the safe operation and maintenance of the gas installation or gas storage system.