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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.734Requirements for gas system installation
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### sec.734 Requirements for gas system installation
If a safety requirement applies to a type of gas system, a person must not install a system of that type unless the installation complies with the safety requirement.
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
If a person installs all or part of a gas system, the person must, within the period or at the stage of installation prescribed under a regulation—
give, to the person prescribed under a regulation, a certificate in the approved form about the installation and the gas system; and
if a regulation prescribes a compliance plate for the installation—the compliance plate is attached in the way prescribed under the regulation.
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
See also part 6 , division 2 (Restrictions).
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
s 734 amd 2008 No. 56 s 108 ; 2010 No. 17 s 88 ; 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1
(sec.734-ssec.1) If a safety requirement applies to a type of gas system, a person must not install a system of that type unless the installation complies with the safety requirement. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
(sec.734-ssec.3) If a person installs all or part of a gas system, the person must, within the period or at the stage of installation prescribed under a regulation— give, to the person prescribed under a regulation, a certificate in the approved form about the installation and the gas system; and if a regulation prescribes a compliance plate for the installation—the compliance plate is attached in the way prescribed under the regulation. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. See also part 6 , division 2 (Restrictions). If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
- (a) give, to the person prescribed under a regulation, a certificate in the approved form about the installation and the gas system; and
- (b) if a regulation prescribes a compliance plate for the installation—the compliance plate is attached in the way prescribed under the regulation.
- 1 See also part 6 , division 2 (Restrictions).
- 2 If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.