Gas Safety Regulations 2021

A statement of compliance for gas-fitting work on a complex gas installation, standard gas installation of a prescribed class or a prescribed gas storage system – must be in a form approved by the Director; and must be signed by the gas-fitter who carried out the gas-fitting work.

A gas-fitter undertaking the gas-fitting work on a complex gas installation, standard gas installation of a prescribed class or a prescribed gas storage system must – ensure that the work has been carried out in accordance with any relevant standards or any condition specified under section 54(8) of the Act; and submit to the Director, within 48 hours of the gas installation or gas storage system being commissioned, a statement of compliance for gas-fitting work in respect of that installation or system. In the case of – a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; or a natural person, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

The gas-fitter must, within 48 hours after the gas installation or gas storage system is commissioned, provide a copy of the completed statement of compliance for gas-fitting work – to the person on whose behalf the work was carried out or the owner of the gas installation or gas storage system; and to the gas supplier who is to supply gas to the installation or gas storage system. In the case of – a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; or a natural person, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

The gas-fitter must keep a copy of the completed statement of compliance for gas-fitting work for at least 10 years after the completion of the work. In the case of – a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; or a natural person, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.