Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Notwithstanding
anything in sections 13D to 13G, where the Director is of the opinion that a
gas appliance or a type or class of gas appliance or a component used or
designed to be used in connection with a gas appliance or in connection with a
gas installation is or is likely to become unsafe or dangerous in use the
Director may by order —
(a)
prohibit the sale, hire or use of the gas appliance or class or type of gas
appliance or component or class or type of component referred to in the order;
(b)
impose conditions and restrictions on the sale, hire or use of any gas
appliance or class or type of gas appliance or component or class or type of
component referred to in the order.
(2) An order made
under subsection (1) shall be published in the Government Gazette and in such
other media as the Director directs having regard to the gas appliance or
class or type of gas appliance in question and the particular circumstances of
the case.
(3) The Director may
by order published in the Government Gazette amend or revoke an order made
under subsection (1).
(4) A person who fails
to comply with an order made under subsection (1) commits an offence.
Penalty: $250 000.
[Section 13H inserted: No. 63 of 1985 s. 8;
amended: No. 89 of 1994 s. 93; No. 5 of 2007 s. 31.]