Gas Safety Regulations 2021
53Application for acceptance of gas installation
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53 Application for acceptance of gas installation
(1) An application under section 54 of the Act for acceptance of a gas installation or prescribed gas storage system must, in accordance with section 54(4)(b) include the following information:
(a) details of the person commissioning the gas installation or gas storage system, including –
(i) his or her full name; and
(ii) his or her address; and
(iii) his or her telephone number; and
(iv) his or her practitioner licence number issued under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 ;
(b) the address of the gas installation or gas storage system;
(c) the consumer's name and site contact name;
(d) the type of work and the type of installation;
(e) the type of gas;
(f) a summary of the commissioning work;
(g) the commencement and completion dates for the commissioning work.
(2) If a gas installation is or includes a Type B appliance, the application under section 54 of the Act for acceptance of the gas installation must also include the information specified in Schedule 1 .
(3) In addition to the information required under subregulations (1) and (2) , the Director may require the applicant and the owner or operator of the gas installation or gas storage system, to do any or all of the following in order to determine the safety of the gas installation or gas storage system:
(a) provide a copy of any design, analysis, logic flow chart, program, calculation, drawing or specification for the gas installation or gas storage system;
(b) provide a sample of a material, component or other item to be used in the gas installation or gas storage system;