Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
"AG" followed by a designation consisting of a
number and a reference to a year, refers to the text, as from time to time
amended and for the time being in force, of the document so designated,
published by the Australian Gas Association;
"apparatus" means any measuring device, pressure
raising device, regulator, valve, instrument, or other device used to measure,
control, or regulate gas supply to any appliance or gas fitting;
"appliance" means an appliance that consumes gas
for any purpose;
"approved" means approved by the Director;
"AS" followed by a designation consisting of a
number and a reference to a year, refers to the text, as from time to time
amended and for the time being in force, of the document so designated,
published by Standards Australia;
"AS/NZS" followed by a designation consisting of a
number and a reference to a year, refers to the text, as from time to time
amended and for the time being in force, of the document so designated,
jointly published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand;
"authorization" means an authorization issued
under regulation 12 or continued in force under regulation 43;
"caravan" means a vehicle that is a caravan for
the purposes of the Road Traffic Act 1974 ;
"certificate of competency" means a certificate of
competency continued in force under regulation 43;
"fitting" means a device used —
(a) to
join pipes or flues;
(b) to
change the direction or diameter of a pipe or flue;
(c) to
provide a branch in a pipe or flue; or
(d) to
terminate a pipe or flue;
"fitting line" means —
(a) if
gas is supplied through a cylinder, any pipe, fitting, or any part of a pipe
or fitting, beyond the cylinder; or
(b) if
gas is supplied from a reticulated system, any pipe or fitting, or any part of
a pipe or fitting, beyond the point of supply that is used or intended to be
used to convey gas;
"flue" means the duct, conduit or passage through
which products of combustion are or are intended to be conveyed to a flue
terminal;
"flue gas" means the products of combustion
produced by an appliance that is designed to discharge products of combustion
through a flue;
"flue terminal" means the point at which flue gas
discharges from the flue;
"gas fitter" means —
(a) a
registered gas fitter; or
(b) a
supervised gas fitter;
"gas supplier" means —
(a) an
undertaker;
(b) a
pipeline licensee;
(c) an
operator of a reticulated gas supply system; or
(d) a
person who supplies gas through a pressurized container;
"LPG" means a mixture of hydrocarbons in liquid or
vapour form, consisting mainly of butane, butene, propane, or propene, or any
mixture of those substances;
"master meter" means a meter used to measure the
amount of gas supplied to the point at which delivery of the gas is made to
the consumer;
"maximum hourly input rate", in relation to an
appliance, is the energy usage of the appliance in one hour when it is
operating at its maximum level of gas consumption under normal operating
conditions;
"meter" means a device used to measure the amount
of gas passing through the device;
"mobile engine" means a gas-fuelled engine
that —
(a) is
mounted in or on any vehicle, craft or portable appliance; and
(b) is
supplied by fuel from a cylinder or tank mounted on or in the vehicle, craft
or portable appliance;
"natural gas" means a hydrocarbon gas, in
liquefied or vapour form, consisting mainly of methane;
"notice of completion" means a
notice of completion under regulation (3);
"permit" means a permit issued under
regulation 12 or continued in force under regulation 43;
"pressure raising device", in relation to a
consumer’s gas installation means —
(a) a
fan, blower or other device to enable the pressure of the gas in the
installation, or any part of it, to be raised; or
(b) any
device that may reduce the pressure at the inlet to the master meter;
"registered gas fitter", in relation to doing or
supervising gasfitting work, means a person who is registered as the holder of
a certificate of competency, a permit or an authorization to do or supervise
the work;
"regulator" means a device that automatically
controls the pressure or volume of gas available beyond the point at which the
device is installed;
"servicing", in relation to a consumer’s gas
installation, means —
(a)
maintenance involving the adjustment and cleaning of any appliance or
apparatus in the installation in accordance with the recommendations of the
manufacturer; or
(b)
repair involving the exchange of components but not requiring modification of
the installation;
"supervised gas fitter", in relation to gasfitting
work, means a person who does the work in a prescribed capacity under
regulation 6 ;
"supervising gas fitter", in relation
to —
(a) a
supervised gas fitter; and
(b)
gasfitting work,
means a person who
holds an authorization to supervise that gas fitter while the gas fitter is
doing that work;
"Type A appliance" means an appliance of a class
or type specified in Schedule 1;
"Type B appliance" means an appliance that has a
maximum hourly input rate exceeding 10 megajoules but is neither a Type A
appliance nor a mobile engine;
"valve" means a device for controlling or shutting
off the flow of gas.
(2) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, the numerical values
prescribed are subject to tolerances according to normal trade practice.
(3) Unless the
contrary intention appears a reference in these regulations to the volume of a
room or space is to be read as a reference to the volume that may be enclosed
and includes the volume of any adjoining room or space that is not able to be
separated by a door or other means of enclosure.