Specific Exemptions

Section 20 Certificate of Exemption for Specific Gasfitting Work

Under the 2006 Act, what was an Exemption 57(1) will now be a Section 20 Certificate of Exemption for Specific Gasfitting Work.  The change in name will not change the scope of the work that can be carried out in that the tradesperson still must be:

"competent to install and maintain particular fittings or gas appliances, or fittings or gas appliances of a particular kind" or "competent to supervise persons doing particular gasfitting, to test and certify particular work, and to connect the work to a supply of gas, in accordance with Section 21 [of the 2006 Act]". 

Fee charge

An interim change has been made to the fees charged for a Section 20 Certificate of Exemption.  From 1 October 2010, the fee charged for this exemption will be $102.22 including GST.  

Supervision

An exemption 20 holder may supervise a person operating under an exemption to do gasfitting under supervision (section 21). This person must satisfy the Board that they are: "competent to supervise persons doing particular gasfitting, to test and certify particular work, and to connect the work to a supply of gas (section 20(1)(b))."

Section 24 Certificate of Exemption for Fixing of Water Heaters by Gasfitters

Under the 2006 Act, what was an Exemption 53(1) will now be a Section 24 Certificate of Exemption for Fixing of Water Heaters by Gasfitters. The change in name will not change the scope of the work that can be carried out: 

"The work that may be done under this section is the fixing or unfixing of -

(a) a gas water heater; or

(b) any pipe that supplies, or is intended to supply, water to a gas water heater or hot water from a gas water heater to any fitting or appliance, whether or not any fitting or appliance is there when the work is done".

Fee charge

No fee is charged for this exemption (Section 24).

-    Please contact the Board's office if you want to apply for an Exemption 22 for work on certain gas installations (of more than 60 000 megajoules per hour), or any other exemption.