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Gas Supply Act 1996
71Unauthorised alterations and additions to gas installations
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#### 71 Unauthorised alterations and additions to gas installations
71 Unauthorised alterations and additions to gas installations
> A person must not alter or add to a gas installation that is connected to a network operator’s distribution pipeline or distribution system so as to cause the supply of gas to the installation or any part of it to be incorrectly metered unless authorised to do so by the network operator.
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> Maximum penalty—
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> > (a) for a corporation—5,000 penalty units, or
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> > (b) for an individual—1,000 penalty units.
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> **s 71:** Am 1998 No 41, Sch 1.2 \[16\]; 2021 No 34, Sch 4\[12\]; 2025 No 21, Sch 1\[24\].