Gas Standards Act 1972

The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the purposes of the administration of this Act.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made —

generally as to the standards of gas to be supplied, and in particular authorising the Minister to require undertakers to supply gas having such characteristics as to odour, pressure, specific gravity, flame speed, purity and other matters, as he specifies in each particular case; and

requiring undertakers to furnish the Director with particulars in writing of the quantities of gas supplied by them; and

prescribing fees to be paid by undertakers for tests conducted by or on behalf of the Director or the Minister for the purposes of this Act; and

prescribing the standards of construction, installation, maintenance, operation and testing of pipelines and other equipment and installations used by undertakers for the conveyance, control, or supply of gas; and

prescribing the standards of construction, installation, maintenance, operation and testing of consumers’ gas installations; and

securing the safety of the public from personal injury and the property of the public from damage by fire or otherwise; and

as to gasfitters and gasfitting, and prohibiting interference with gas installations by unauthorised persons; and

prohibiting the fraudulent or improper use of marks signifying the approval of the Director; and

providing for —

the convening of a technical review panel of independent professional engineers; and

the procedure to be followed on a review by a technical review panel and the period of time within which a review is to be completed; and

the payment of remuneration to members of a technical review panel.

Any regulation under this Act may be made so as to require a matter affected by it to be in accordance with a specified standard or specified requirement; or as approved by, or to the satisfaction of, a specified person or body; or so as to delegate to or confer upon a specified person or body a discretionary authority.