Gas Standards (Gas Supply and System Safety) Amendment Regulations 2009 (WA)

4468 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 6 November 2009

EN302*

Gas Standards Act 1972

Gas Standards (Gas Supply and System Safety)

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

Amendment Regulations 2009

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Gas Standards (Gas Supply and
System Safety) Amendment Regulations 2009.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

6 November 2009 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4469

3.            Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Gas Standards (Gas Supply and
System Safety) Regulations 2000.

4.            Regulation 25 amended

(1) Before regulation 25(1) insert:

(1 A) In this regulation -

contractor, in relation to a network operator, means a

contractor or subcontractor to the operator;

employee -

(a)	in relation to a contractor, means a person employed or engaged by the contractor;
(b)	in relation to a network operator, means a person employed or engaged by the operator.

(2) In regulation 25(1) after "employee" insert:

or contractor

(3) After regulation 25(1) insert:

(2A) A contractor to a network operator must ensure, so far

as is reasonable and practicable, that any employee

engaged in carrying Out a prescribed activity -

(a) is provided with -

(i)     copies of any documents provided to the contractor by the network operator

under subregulation (1)(a); or

(ii) network operator that set Out appropriate

other documents approved by the practices;

and

(b) is given instruction and training, and tested for

competency, in a manner approved by the
network operator, in how to safely apply and
use the standards, procedures and practices set

Out in those documents.

By Command of the Governor,

PETER CONRAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.