South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered Regulations44—Requirements relating to installation of certain heating appliances
(1) For the purposes of section 56 of the Act, a person who installs a flueless gas space heater in residential premises must ensure that the following requirements are complied with:
(a) the maximum gas consumption level of the heater must not exceed 18 MJ/h;
(b) the heater must have been approved as complying with the requirements of the applicable Australian gas appliance standard listed in AS 3645;
(c) 2 permanent ventilation openings, 1 near the ceiling of the premises and the other near the floor, must be available to allow direct ventilation to an area outside the premises;
(d) each opening must have a minimum free area of 1 000 square millimetres per MJ/h (being the maximum gas consumption level of the heater expressed in MJ/h).
(2) Despite subregulation (1)(a), a person may install a flueless gas space heater in residential premises where the maximum gas consumption level of the heater exceeds 18 MJ/h with the approval of the Technical Regulator.
(3) The Technical Regulator may not grant an approval unless the Technical Regulator is satisfied that adequate safety features in relation to the heater are demonstrated by the manufacturer or supplier of the heater.
(4) In this regulation—
"flueless gas space heater" means a heater designed to discharge flue gases produced by the heater directly into the space in which the heater is situated.
Division 4—Certificates of compliance