Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017 (NSW)

Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017 No 15

An Act to make provision with respect to electricity and gas safety, to repeal the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004, the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2015 and the Gas Supply (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2012 and to make consequential amendments to the Gas Supply Act 1996 and other legislation; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Object of Act The object of this Act is to provide a single legislative framework for the regulation of consumer safety in relation to gas and electrical products and services.

4 Definitions (1) In this Act— acquisition guarantee—see section 9. acquisition guarantor means the person who gives an acquisition guarantee. authorised electrician means a person who is authorised under the Home Building Act 1989 to do electrical wiring work. authorised gasfitter means a person who is authorised under this Act to carry out gasfitting work. authorised officer means— (a) any investigator, or (b) any other person appointed under section 61 by the Secretary as an authorised officer for the purposes of the provision in which the expression is used. autogas installation means a system of pipes and associated equipment that forms part of a vehicle, vessel or machine and that is designed to convey liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas to an internal combustion engine that is installed in, or forms part of, the vehicle, vessel or machine. autogas work means work involved in— (a) the installation, alteration, extension or repair of an autogas installation, or (b) the connection of a gas cylinder to, or the disconnection of a gas cylinder from, an autogas installation. certification authority—see section 23. certified gas appliance—see section 21. class specification for an electrical article—see section 13. conduct includes any act or omission. declared electrical article—see section 12. Department means the Department of Customer Service. electrical article means any appliance, wire, fitting, cable, conduit, meter, insulator, apparatus, material or other electrical equipment intended or designed for use in, or for the purposes of, or for connection to, any electrical installation.