The WorkSafe website will be unavailable on Tuesday 16 September from 12pm–5pm due to planned maintenance.
Our other online services, including the online services portal(external link) and Energy Safety portal(external link), will remain available.
To notify us of an injury, illness or incident at work, visit our online services portal(external link). For urgent notifications, please call us on 0800 030 040. For general or non-urgent enquiries, email us at info@worksafe.govt.nz.
These regulations came into force on 4 May 2010.
However Regulation 45(external link), exempting certain types of gasfitting from certification, came into force on 1 April 2010 to coincide with the updated definition of gasfitting(external link) under Section 5 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006.
The Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010(external link) prescribe:
- The general rules and requirements about safety.
- The point of supply.
- Requirements for safety management systems that operators of gas supply systems must meet by 4 May 2013. This includes setting the 'brightline' for which gas supply systems are required to have an SMS.
- The certification regime for gas appliances.
- Two levels of offences and infringement offences.
- Transitional provisions.
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