1990 No 186 (NSW)

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1990 - NO. 186

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS ACT 1961 - REGULATION

(Relating to the performance of liquefied petroleum gasfitting work)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 44 of 30 March 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act 1961, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

NEIL PICKARD

Minister for Minerals and Energy.

Commencement

1. This Regulation commences on 30 March 1990.

Amendment

2. The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (General) Regulation 1982 is amended by omitting clause 6 and by inserting instead the following clause:

Work to be done by qualified persons

6. (1) A person must not do any liquefied petroleum gasfitting

work unless the person:

(a)

holds an endorsed licence or a supervisor certificate in force under the Building Services Corporation Act 1989 authorising the holder to do that kind of work; or

(b)

holds a certificate of registration in force under the Building Services Corporation Act 1989 authorising the holder to do that kind of work under supervision and does that work under

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the general supervision of the holder of a licence or

certificate referred to in paragraph (a); or

(c)

does the work under the immediate supervision of the holder of such an endorsed licence or supervisor certificate.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(2) A person must not knowingly employ anyone else to do

liquefied petroleum gasfitting work in the circumstances forbidden

by subclause (1).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (General) Regulation 1982 under the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act 1961 (relating to liquefied petroleum gasfitting work) in consequence of the passage of the Building Services Corporation Act 1989 so as:

(a) to adopt the terminology concerning regulation of specialist work introduced by the Building Services Corporation Act 1989; and
(b) to increase the penalties for offences involving performance of liquefied petroleum gasfitting work to $10,000 when the work is not performed by the holder of a licence or certificate or is not supervised as required by the Building Services Corporation Act 1989.
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