Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GAS SAFETY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2014 (NO. 38 OF 2014) - SECT 22

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12     Offence—unsafe consumer piping system

    A gasfitter commits an offence if—

        (a)     the gasfitter carries out gasfitting work on a consumer piping system; and

        (b)     the system poses a substantive risk to the safety of any person or property; and

        (c)     the gasfitter fails—

              (i)     to take immediate action to eliminate the risk; or

              (ii)     to give notice in writing about the risk, and the action taken to eliminate the risk, to each person prescribed by regulation as soon as practicable.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.