Australian Capital Territory
Gas Safety (Provision of Compliance Indicator and Certificate of Compliance) Code of Practice 2008*
Disallowable instrument DI2008–41
made under the 
Gas Safety Act 2000, s 65 (Codes of Practice)

I approve the following code of practice as set out in the attachment.

GAS SAFETY (PROVISION OF COMPLIANCE INDICATOR & CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE) CODE OF PRACTICE 2008

Andrew Barr
Minister for Planning
19 March 2008 

GAS SAFETY (PROVISION OF COMPLIANCE INDICATOR & CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE) CODE OF PRACTICE 2008

ACT PLANNING AND LAND AUTHORITY

GAS SAFETY ACT 2000

Purpose

Section 9 of the Gas Safety Act 2000 (the Act) in conjunction with section 12 of the Gas Safety Regulations 2001 requires that as soon as practicable after gas fitting work is completed in accordance with section 8 of the Act, the responsible gasfitter must attach a compliance indicator to the relevant consumer piping system and give a certificate of compliance to the owner or occupier and a copy of the certificate of compliance to the ACT Planning and Land Authority.  

This code of practice provides a time frame for the attaching of the compliance indicator and the provision of the certificate of compliance that will satisfy the requirement to do these things as soon as practicable.  

	Code of Practice

For the Act, section 9, the responsible gasfitter is taken to attach a compliance indicator to the relevant consumer piping system and give a certificate of compliance for the work to each person prescribed under the regulations soon as practicable after gas fitting work is completed in accordance with section 8 if the gasfitter attaches the compliance indicator and gives the certificate to the owner or occupier and the ACT Planning and Land Authority within 7 days after the gas fitting work is completed