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New South Wales
Gas Supply Amendment Bill 2009
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
Schedule 1 Amendment of Gas Supply Act 1996 No 38 3
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New South Wales
Gas Supply Amendment Bill 2009
No , 2009
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Gas Supply Act 1996 to make further provision, and to clarify
the regulatory framework, in relation to gasfitting work, autogas work, gas
installations, autogas installations and gas appliances.
Clause 1 Gas Supply Amendment Bill 2009
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Gas Supply Amendment Act 2009. 3
2 Commencement 4
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation. 5
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Gas Supply Amendment Bill 2009
Amendment of Gas Supply Act 1996 No 38 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of Gas Supply Act 1996 1
No 38 2
[1] Section 55 Powers of entry 3
Insert after section 55 (2): 4
(2A) A person appointed under section 18 of the Fair Trading Act 5
1987 as an investigator for the purposes of any provision of this 6
Act that is administered by the Minister for Fair Trading (or any 7
regulations made under such a provision): 8
(a) may enter any premises for the purpose of ascertaining 9
whether an offence against the provision (or the 10
regulations made under the provision) has been 11
committed, and 12
(b) is taken to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act 13
(except section 77). 14
[2] Section 77 Inspectors 15
Insert at the end of the section: 16
Note. For the purposes of any provisions of this Act administered by the 17
Minister for Fair Trading (and any regulations made under any such 18
provisions), investigators may be appointed under section 18 of the Fair 19
Trading Act 1987. 20
[3] Section 83 Regulations 21
Omit section 83 (2) (g) and (g1). Insert instead: 22
(g) the carrying out of work involving the installation or 23
replacement of a gas meter or any part of the basic 24
metering equipment, 25
[4] Section 83A Regulations as to gas appliances, gas and autogas 26
installations, gasfitting and autogas work and gas meters 27
Omit section 83A (e). Insert instead: 28
(e) gas installations and the carrying out of gasfitting work, 29
(e1) autogas installations and the carrying out of autogas work, 30
[5] Section 83A (g) 31
Insert after section 83A (f): 32
(g) fees, charges and payments relating to the matters in 33
paragraphs (a)-(f). 34
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Gas Supply Amendment Bill 2009
Schedule 1 Amendment of Gas Supply Act 1996 No 38
[6] Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions 1
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1): 2
Gas Supply Amendment Act 2009 3
[7] Dictionary 4
Omit the definitions of gas appliance, gas installation and gasfitting work. 5
Insert in alphabetical order: 6
basic metering equipment means a gas meter and any equipment 7
prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition 8
when used in conjunction with gas meters. 9
consumer service means any pipe or system of pipes used to 10
convey or control gas, and any associated fittings and equipment, 11
that are connected to a gas network upstream of the gas supply 12
point, but does not include any part of a gas network. 13
gas appliance means any gas burning or gas using appliance that 14
is manufactured, adapted or designed for connection to a gas 15
installation, whether by means of a gas outlet socket or otherwise, 16
and includes any liquefied petroleum gas dispenser, catalytic 17
burner or vaporiser, but does not include an internal combustion 18
engine that is installed in, or forms part of, a vehicle, vessel or 19
machine. 20
gas container includes a gas cylinder, a gas cartridge, a pressure 21
vessel and a gas tank. 22
gas installation means: 23
(a) any pipe or system of pipes used to convey or control gas, 24
and any associated fittings and equipment, that are 25
downstream of the gas supply point, but does not include 26
anything beyond the gas installation end point, and 27
(b) any flue that is downstream of the gas supply point, 28
but does not include an autogas installation. 29
gas installation end point means: 30
(a) in the case of a gas installation to which gas is supplied 31
from a gas network--the gas outlet socket, or 32
(b) in any other case--the control valve or other connection 33
point of a gas appliance or of another gas container. 34
gas network means a distribution pipeline or a distribution 35
system. 36
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Amendment of Gas Supply Act 1996 No 38 Schedule 1
gas supply point means: 1
(a) in the case of a gas installation to which gas is supplied 2
from a gas network--the outlet of the gas meter at which 3
the gas is supplied, or 4
(b) in any other case--the control valve or other connection 5
point of a gas container. 6
gasfitting work means any work involved in: 7
(a) the installation, alteration, extension or repair of a gas 8
installation, or 9
(b) the installation, alteration, extension or repair of a 10
consumer service, or 11
(c) the installation, alteration, extension, removal or repair of 12
a flue, or 13
(d) the connection of a gas installation to, or the disconnection 14
of a gas installation from, a gas network (including any 15
work on a consumer service that is required to complete 16
the connection or disconnection), or 17
(e) the connection of a gas appliance to, or the disconnection 18
of a gas appliance from, a gas installation (otherwise than 19
where the point of connection is a gas outlet socket), or 20
(f) the connection of a gas container, gas regulator or gas 21
appliance to, or the disconnection of a gas container, gas 22
regulator or gas appliance from, a gas installation 23
(otherwise than where it is designed to be readily 24
detachable from the installation whether by the use of a 25
tool, mechanical force or otherwise). 26
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