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GAS STANDARDS (GASFITTING AND CONSUMERS' GAS INSTALLATIONS) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 36

36 .         Consumers’ obligations

        (1)         The consumer for whom a Type B appliance is installed must ensure that the appliance is not used until an inspector has issued a certificate of compliance in relation to the appliance under regulation 22.

        (2)         If a consumer’s gas installation includes a pressure raising device or an over-pressure protection device in accordance with clause 406 of Schedule 6, the consumer must ensure that the gas installation is serviced by a registered gas fitter —

            (a)         within 2 years after the device or fitting line regulator is installed; and

            (b)         thereafter within 2 years after it was last serviced in accordance with paragraph (a).

        (3)         If a consumer’s gas installation is a mobile engine that uses LPG or natural gas as fuel, the consumer must ensure that the apparatus in the installation is maintained and serviced by a registered gas fitter in accordance with —

            (a)         in the case of a mobile engine that uses LPG, AS/NZS 1425:1999; or

            (b)         in the case of a mobile engine that uses natural gas, AS 2739 — 1992.

        (4)         If a consumer’s gas installation includes an appliance referred to in regulation 20(5), the consumer must permit the gas supplier to inspect and test the appliance, and the device fitted to it under regulation 20(5)(b), at such times, and as often as, the gas supplier reasonably requests.

        (5)         If a consumer’s gas installation includes a pressure raising device the consumer must permit the gas supplier to inspect and test the pressure raising device, and any safety device required under regulation 20(6)(b) , at such times, and as often as, the gas supplier reasonably requests.

        (6)         A consumer required by subregulation (2) or (3) to ensure that the consumer’s gas installation is serviced must make and maintain a record of —

            (a)         the date on which each service was carried out; and

            (b)         the registered gas fitter by whom each service was carried out.

        (7)         A consumer must make a record under subregulation (6) available for inspection by an inspector upon reasonable request.

        (8)         A record is not required by subregulation (6) to be kept of a service carried out more than 2 years previously.



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