10Metering and consumer service work

10 Metering and consumer service work

10 Metering and consumer service work

(1) This section applies to—

(a) work involving the installation or replacement of a gas meter or another part of the basic metering equipment, and

(b) the installation, alteration, extension or repair of, or other work on, a consumer service.

(2) A person must not carry out work to which this section applies other than in accordance with the requirements of the network operator rules for the gas network to which the work relates.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—100 penalty units.

(3) A person who carries out work to which this section applies that is not done on behalf of the network operator for the gas network to which the work relates—

(a) must—

(i) be the holder of a licence under the Home Building Act 1989 authorising its holder to contract to do the work, or

(ii) be carrying out the work on behalf of an individual, partnership or corporation that is the holder of a licence under the Home Building Act 1989, and

(b) must be authorised by the network operator to carry out the work.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—100 penalty units.

(4) To ensure that a gas installation is safe to be supplied with gas from a gas network, a person carrying out work to which this section applies must, immediately before completing the work, conduct a leak test of the gas installation downstream of the gas meter.

Maximum penalty (subsection (4))—

(a) for a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—100 penalty units.