Gas Safety Regulation 2001

Other legislation applies in relation to offences against this regulation.

Note 1 Criminal Code

The Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to the following offences against this regulation (see Code, pt 2.1):

 s 9 (1) (Testing gas appliance connection)

 s 17D (2) and (4) (Unsafe gas appliance)

 s 17E (1) (Interfering with defect tag)

 s 18GB (Offence—interfere with compliance indicator).

The chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility (including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used for offences to which the Code applies (eg conduct, intention, recklessness and strict liability).

Note 2 Penalty units

The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.