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GAS REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 12

12—Obligations of retailer in relation to quality of gas

        (1)         A retailer must ensure that the following requirements are complied with in relation to gas supplied by the retailer to a customer:

            (a)         before connection or reconnection of a gas supply to a place, steps must be taken to ensure that the gas supply is suitable for each gas installation situated in the place that will be connected to the gas supply;

            (b)         the heating value of the gas must, when measured at each measuring point approved by the Technical Regulator for that purpose, be within a margin of plus or minus 1 per cent of the claimed heating value used by the gas entity as the basis for its charges to the customer for the gas;

            (c)         the measured heating value of the gas must not show systematic bias within that margin.

        (2)         For the purposes of ensuring compliance with subregulation (1)(a), reliance may be placed on a certificate of compliance issued for the purposes of section 56 of the Act in relation to the gas installation.



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