Gas Safety Regulations 2021 (Tas)

Gas Safety Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Gas Safety Act 2019 .

27 January 2021

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

ELISE ARCHER

Minister for Building and Construction

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Gas Safety Regulations 2021 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Gas Safety Act 2019 ; applicable standards means – (a) the standards referred to in regulation 5 ; and (b) any other standard determined by the Director to be an applicable standard and published as determined by the Director; AG 806 means AG 806, Approval requirements for vehicle refuelling appliances, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that code); AS 1375 means AS 1375, Industrial fuel-fired appliances, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZS 1425 means AS/NZS 1425, LP Gas fuel systems for vehicle engines, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZS 1596 means AS/NZS 1596, The storage and handling of LP Gas, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 2337 means AS 2337, Gas cylinder test stations, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZS 2739 means AS/NZS 2739, Natural gas (NG) fuel systems for vehicle engines, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 2746 means AS 2746, Working areas for gas-fuelled vehicles, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 2885 means AS 2885, Pipelines – Gas and liquid petroleum, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 3645 means AS 3645, Essential requirements for gas equipment, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 3814 means AS 3814, Industrial and commercial gas-fired appliances, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 3961 means AS 3961, The storage and handling of liquefied natural gas, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 4114 means AS 4114, Spray paint booths, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 4575 means AS 4575, Gas appliances – Quality of servicing, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZS 4645 means AS/NZS 4645, Gas distribution networks, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 4670 means AS 4670, Commercial propane and commercial butane for heating purposes, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 4732 means AS 4732, LP Gas fuel systems for marine engines, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 4983 means AS 4983, Gas fuel systems for forklifts and industrial engines published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS 5092 means AS 5092, CNG refuelling stations, published by the Standards Association of Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZ 5601 means AS/NZS 5601.1, Gas installations – General installations, and AS/NZS 5601.2, Gas installations – LP Gas installations in caravans and boats for non-propulsive purposes, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZS ISO 31000 means AS/NZS ISO 31000, Risk management – Principles and guidelines, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZS ISO 45001 means AS/NZS ISO 45001, Occupational health and safety management systems – requirements with guidance for use, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); AS/NZS 60079 means AS/NZS 60079, Explosive atmospheres, published jointly by the Standards Association of Australia and the Standards Association of New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); automotive refuelling dispenser means a fuel transfer unit, usually combined with a metering device, that is intended principally for the dispensing of gas in the liquid or vapour phase from a gas storage system to a vehicle fuel container; capacity, also known as water capacity, means the volume of space that is enclosed within a container, expressed in litres or kilolitres; commissioned, in respect of gas-fitting – see regulation 4 ; commissioning, in respect of gas-fitting work, means the process, following fabrication and installation, of – (a) testing and placing a gas installation or gas storage system into safe operation in compliance with the applicable standards, codes or determinations; and (b) energising the gas installation or gas storage system with gas during the testing; consumer piping means a system of pipes, fittings, components and equipment which conveys gas downstream from a gas supply point; container means a cylinder, tank or pressure vessel, for the storage of gas while in the liquid or vapour phase; dry, in relation to a gas, means that the gas meets the standard conditions set out in regulation 9(3) ; facility safety case means a safety case or revised safety case for a pipeline facility that is accepted or provisionally accepted under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act; gas-fitter means a person authorised under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 to undertake a class of gas-fitting work; gas-fitting work means work conducted in relation to the installation, testing, commissioning, relocation, repair, alteration, servicing or maintenance of a gas installation, appliance, automotive gas fuel system or gas storage system (or any part of a gas installation, appliance, automotive gas fuel system or gas storage system) – (a) including all pipes, fittings and auxiliary equipment – (i) downstream of a gas supply point; or (ii) associated with a gas storage system; and (b) regardless of whether the gas installation, appliance, automotive gas fuel system or gas storage system uses natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas or any other gas; gas-fitting work compliance plate means a durable plate, approved by the Director, securely attached by a gas-fitter to a gas installation, appliance or gas storage system; heating value, of natural gas, means the heat, measured in megajoules per standard cubic metre, produced in the combustion of the gas (at a constant pressure of 101.325 kPa absolute of dry gas) in gaseous oxygen to form gaseous carbon dioxide and liquid water; hot-tapping work means the connection of a pipe to consumer piping which contains gas under pressure; IGE/UP/1 means IGE/UP/1, Strength testing, tightness testing and direct purging of industrial and commercial gas installations, published by The Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard having effect under that standard); lower explosive limit means the minimum concentration of vapour, gas or dust in the atmosphere that will produce a flame; NFPA 160 means NFPA 160, Standard for the Use of Flame Effects Before an Audience, published by the National Fire Protection Association, as in force from time to time; reference number, of a gas-fitter, means the licence number of the licence held by the gas-fitter under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 ; relative density of natural gas means the mass in kilograms of a standard cubic metre of the gas divided by the mass in kilograms of a standard cubic metre of dry air; safety-critical work means work which may – (a) adversely affect the safety of gas infrastructure; or (b) increase the risk of injury to any person; serious bodily injury or illness means an injury or illness that disables a person to the extent that, as a consequence of that injury or illness, the person is subject to a period of admission to hospital as an in-patient; standard cubic metre of natural gas means the quantity of dry gas, at 15 degrees C temperature and 101.325 kPa absolute pressure, enclosed in one cubic metre; standard gas installation of a prescribed class means a standard gas installation of a class prescribed by regulation 52 ; Wobbe Index means the number, expressed in megajoules per cubic metre, produced when the heating value of the gas is divided by the square root of the relative density of the same gas.