Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment (Medical Gas Work) Regulation 2020 (NSW)

New South Wales

Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety)

Amendment (Medical Gas Work) Regulation

2020

under the

Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017.

KEVIN ANDERSON, MP

Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to declare certain substances to be gases for the purposes of the Gas and

Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017.

This Regulation is made under the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017, including the definition of gas in section 4(1) and section 75 (the general regulation-making power).

Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment (Medical Gas Work) Regulation 2020 [NSW]

Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment (Medical Gas

Work) Regulation 2020

under the

Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Amendment (Medical

Gas Work) Regulation 2020.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 2020 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Regulation 2018

Clause 3A

Insert after clause 3—

3A Definition of “gas”—section 4(1)

The following substances are declared to be gases for the purposes of the Act—

(a)	oxygen,
(b)	nitrous oxide,
(c)	helium,
(d)	nitrogen,
(e)	carbon dioxide,
(f)	medical air,
(g)	surgical tool gas,
(h)	common mixtures of the gases referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g),

(i)      waste anaesthetic gas.