Gas Safety Act 2019

The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may – provide for – the distribution, retailing, conditioning and storing of gas; and the construction, installation and positioning of a pipeline or a pipeline facility; and any technical, operational or safety requirement relating to the construction, maintenance or operation of a pipeline or a pipeline facility; and the construction and installation of gas infrastructure, gas storage systems, automotive fuel systems and gas installations; and technical, operational and safety requirements and standards and monitoring and enforcing compliance with the prescribed requirements and standards; and the quality of gas; and the installation of meters; and the examination and testing of gas appliances; and the labelling of gas appliances of a class specified in the regulations; and the exemption (conditionally or unconditionally) of classes of persons, things or operations from the application of this Act or specified provisions of this Act; and the issue of infringement notices for offences specified in the regulations; and fees to be paid in respect of any matter under this Act and the waiver or refund of those fees; and the procedure for the reporting of incidents; and the procedure for administrative reviews and appeals; and declare that a substance is not a gas for the purposes of this Act or a provision of this Act; and apply, adopt or incorporate all or any of the provisions of a determination, standard, guideline or rule relating to gas infrastructure and provide that those provisions may be applied, adopted or incorporated as they currently exist, as amended by the regulations or as amended from time to time.

A regulation may provide that a contravention of the regulation is an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.

The regulations may – be of general application or limited in application according to the persons, areas, times or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; or provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is to be determined, regulated or prohibited according to the discretion of the Minister or the Director; or refer to or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification, any standard or other document prepared or published by a body referred to in the regulations as in force from time to time or as in force at a particular time.