South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered Regulations45—Requirements relating to certificates of compliance
(1) The following requirements apply to a certificate of compliance provided under Division 1, Division 2 or Division 3:
(a) the certificate of compliance must be completed using only an official form published or produced under the authority of the Technical Regulator;
(b) if the certificate of compliance must be provided to a person, the certificate must be so provided within 30 days of the performance of the work, examinations and tests, connection, reconnection or approval (as the case may be) to which the certificate relates;
(c) the person providing the certificate of compliance must keep a copy of the completed certificate of compliance for at least 5 years after the completion of the work, examinations and tests, connection, reconnection or approval (as the case may be) to which the certificate relates.
(2) If a licensed gas fitting contractor, licensed building work contractor or registered gas fitting worker acquires a book of official forms that have been published or produced under the authority of the Technical Regulator for use by that person as certificates of compliance for the purposes of this Part, the contractor or worker must ensure that notice of the contractor's or worker's acquisition of the book of forms is given to the Technical Regulator in accordance with the directions of the Technical Regulator, as set out in the book of forms.
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
(3) If a gas installation is reconnected following disconnection as a result of a change of customer or on the basis of a failure to pay for the gas supplied to premises at which the installation is located, the person who performs the reconnection is exempt from any requirement under Division 1, Division 2 or Division 3 to issue a certificate of compliance in respect of the reconnection.
(4) If, in respect of premises, a person installs or replaces a meter for recording consumption of gas (and no other work to which Division 1, Division 2 or Division 3 applies), the person is exempt from any requirement under Division 1, Division 2 or Division 3 to issue a certificate of compliance in respect of the installation or replacement of the meter.
Division 5—Reporting and investigation of accidents