Gas Standards (Gasfitting and Consumer Gas Installations) Regulations 1999
Div 3LPG cylinders and tanks
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Division 3 — LPG cylinders and tanks
- Location of cylinders, tanks and regulators
(1) The location of cylinders, tanks and regulators must comply with any relevant requirements in AS/NZS 1596.
(2) This clause applies in addition to any relevant requirements in AS/NZS 5601.
[Clause 301 amended: Gazette 19 Dec 2000 p. 7281; 31 Jan 2003 p. 280; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1578; 18 Jan 2011 p. 147.]
- Housings for cylinders
(1) Equipment other than a cylinder and its essential fittings must not be stored, placed, or allowed to remain, within a housing specifically provided for a cylinder.
(2) This clause applies in addition to any relevant requirements in AS/NZS 5601.
[Clause 302 amended: Gazette 31 Jan 2003 p. 280; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1579; 18 Jan 2011 p. 147.]
- Pressure relief valve outlets, position of
(1) The discharge point of the cylinder or tank safety valve must be positioned so that any gas discharged through the valve would be directed away from any building, structure, caravan, towing vehicle, marine craft or gas installation.
(2) A pressure relief valve outlet must not be located in any building, structure, caravan, or marine craft (except as permitted by clause 301) unless it is located within a housing specifically provided for that purpose.
(3) This clause applies in addition to any relevant requirements in AS/NZS 5601.
[Clause 303 amended: Gazette 19 Dec 2000 p. 7281; 31 Jan 2003 p. 281; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1579; 18 Jan 2011 p. 147.]
- Appliances not to be connected to gas supply for mobile engines
An appliance other than a mobile engine must not be connected to a storage container that provides the supply of gas to a mobile engine.