South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations43—Installing or commissioning Type B appliances
(1) For the purposes
of section 56 of the Act—
(a) a
person who installs, commissions or modifies a Type B appliance must
ensure that the work is carried out, and examinations and tests are carried
out, in accordance with AS 3814 and AS/NZS 5601; and
(b) a
person who carries out work, or examinations or tests, related to moving a
Type B appliance to a different location (whether on the same premises or
otherwise) must ensure that the work is carried out, and examinations and
tests are carried out, in accordance with AS 3814.
(2) A person must not
commence supplying gas for use in a Type B appliance following
installation of the appliance unless the appliance has been approved as
complying with the requirements of AS 3814.
(3)
Subregulation (2) does not prevent a person from temporarily supplying
gas for the purposes of the commissioning of a Type B appliance or the
determination of whether the appliance complies with the requirements of
AS 3814.
(4) For the purposes
of this regulation, AS 3814 and AS/NZS 5601 are to be read as if any
requirement for approval of a regulatory body were a requirement—
(a) if
the appliance in question is, or is to be, connected to a distribution system,
for approval of the distribution system operator whose system it is or an
authorised officer;
(b) in
any other case, for approval of an authorised officer.
(5) An approval under
this regulation must be in a form approved by the Technical Regulator.
(6) The person
approving a Type B appliance under this regulation must complete a
Type B certificate of compliance to the effect that the requirements for
approval under this regulation have been complied with.
(7) The person—
(a) must
provide a copy of the completed Type B certificate of compliance to—
(i)
the person on whose behalf the work was carried out; and
(ii)
the Technical Regulator; and
(b)
being an authorised officer, must—
(i)
if the work is associated with the making of a connection
or reconnection to a distribution system, provide a copy of the completed
Type B certificate of compliance to the distribution system operator; or
(ii)
if the work is not associated with the making of a
connection or reconnection to a distribution system—
(A) provide a copy to the supplier of
pressurised vessel gas for the installation, if known; or
(B) if the supplier is not known, provide a
further copy to the person on whose behalf the work was carried out.
(8) If the person on
whose behalf work on a Type B appliance was carried out is not the owner
of the appliance, that person must, within 30 days of completing the
work, provide a copy of the Type B certificate of compliance to the owner of
the appliance.
(9) Despite
regulation 45, the owner of a Type B appliance must—
(a) keep
a copy of each Type B certificate of compliance provided in relation to the
appliance until the appliance is sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(b) on
sale or transfer of the appliance, deliver copies of all certificates of
compliance held in relation to the appliance to the new owner (who must keep
any Type B certificate in accordance with paragraph (a)).
(10) A fee determined
on a basis approved by the Commission may be required by the distribution
system operator or the authorised officer for determining whether to approve a
Type B appliance under this regulation.
(11) A fee required by
a distribution system operator or an authorised officer who is not a Public
Service employee may be retained by the operator or officer.
(12) In this
regulation—
"Type B certificate of compliance" means a certificate of compliance issued
for the purposes of Part 9 Division 3 of the Act that certifies that the
requirements for approval of a Type B appliance under this regulation have
been complied with.