Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

GAS STANDARDS (GASFITTING AND CONSUMERS' GAS INSTALLATIONS) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 26

26 .         Pressure testing

        (1)         If a gas fitter installs or does any work on a consumer’s gas installation, the gas fitter must ensure that, before the installation is commissioned —

            (a)         the requirements of these regulations as to pressure testing are satisfied and the system is made gas-tight; and

            (b)         if the gas supply is available for connection, the system is purged of all air or other gas except the gas on which the system is to operate.

        (2)         The gas fitter must not use a medium except one of the following for pressure testing or for locating a leak in a consumer’s gas installation —

            (a)         air;

            (b)         carbon dioxide;

            (c)         nitrogen;

            (d)         the gas proposed to be used in the consumer’s gas installation;

            (e)         such other medium as is approved in writing by the Director or an authority recognized by the Director as a competent authority for that purpose.

        (3)         If the use of water is approved under subregulation (2)(e), the person testing the consumer’s gas installation must ensure that the water is thoroughly removed from the installation before it is commissioned.