Gas Standards (Gasfitting and Consumer Gas Installations) Regulations 1999
Div 4Fitting lines and fittings
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Division 4 — Fitting lines and fittings
- Fitting lines and fittings
(1) A fitting line or fitting on a consumer’s gas installation that is to operate at a pressure of 200 kPa or less must comply with AS/NZS 5601.
(2) A fitting line or fitting on a consumer’s gas installation that is to operate at a pressure exceeding 200 kPa must comply with the following standards —
(a) AS 4041 — for above ground steel piping;
(b) AS 4645.2 — for below ground steel piping, operating at a pressure not exceeding 1050 kPa;
(c) AS 2885 — for below ground steel piping, operating at a pressure of or exceeding 1050 kPa;
(d) AS 4645.3 — for below ground plastic piping.
[Clause 401 amended: Gazette 19 Dec 2000 p. 7281; 31 Jan 2003 p. 281; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1579; 26 Nov 2010 p. 5932; 18 Jan 2011 p. 147.]
- PVC or PE fitting lines
(1) A PVC or PE fitting line may only be used in such a position as to be readily accessible for the purposes of any repairs and maintenance that become necessary.
(2) This clause applies in addition to the Table on consumer piping and materials and duty limits in AS/NZS 5601.
[Clause 402 amended: Gazette 19 Dec 2000 p. 7281; 31 Jan 2003 p. 281; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1579; 18 Jan 2011 p. 147.]
[403. Deleted: Gazette 19 Dec 2000 p. 7281.]
[404. Deleted: Gazette 21 Apr 2006 p. 1579.]
- Pressure holding capability of consumer’s gas installations
A consumer’s gas installation must not leak when subjected to an approved test.
- Protection from excessive pressure
(1) If the inlet pressure to a fitting line regulator exceeds 7 kPa, an over‑pressure protection device must be incorporated in the regulator or installed in the fitting line before the regulator to prevent the pressure at the outlet of the regulator at any time exceeding the maximum pressure for which any fitting line or gas fitting supplied through the regulator has been found upon test to be suitable.
(2) In subclause (1) —
fitting line regulator means a regulator installed in a fitting line, other than a regulator that controls the gas pressure to one appliance only, whether or not it is an integral part of the appliance.
[Clause 406 amended: Gazette 19 Dec 2000 p. 7281; 31 Jan 2003 p. 281; 21 Apr 2006 p. 1579.]