Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010

Part 6 Safety of gas appliances and fittings

Safety of gas appliances and fittings

53 Gas appliances and fittings to be safe

(1)

Every gas appliance and all fittings, whether new or used, that are sold or offered for sale must be safe.

(2)

Every person who manufactures, imports, sells or offers to sell, hires or leases out, or installs a gas appliance or fittings must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the gas appliance or fittings are safe.

(3)

In subclause (2), a gas appliance or fittings includes a gas appliance and fittings that are imported as part of an installation (for example, as part of an imported caravan).

(4)

A person who fails to comply with subclause (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a level 2 penalty.

Regulation 53: substituted, on 10 November 2011, by regulation 14 of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SR 2011/371).

Regulation 53(2): amended, on 4 April 2016, by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).

Regulation 53(4): amended, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 3(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409).

Regulation 53(4): amended, on 1 July 2013, by regulation 8(1) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/280).