South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations4A—Compliance with standards or codes that are varied or substituted
(1) Despite a
requirement of these regulations for work to be carried out in accordance with
a standard or code as in force from time to time, where the code or standard
is varied or substituted, work for the installation, commissioning or
modification of gas infrastructure, a gas installation or a Type B appliance
may be carried out in accordance with the old standard if—
(a)
design work for that installation, commissioning or modification had been
completed before (but not more than 1 month before) the publication of the
new standard; or
(b) the
work (disregarding design or other preparatory work) had commenced before the
publication of the new standard; or
(c) the
work commenced after the publication of the new standard and is to be
completed within 6 months after that publication; or
(d) the
work is connected with the construction of premises and construction work had
commenced before the publication of the new standard.
(2) If—
(a)
pursuant to subregulation (1) work is purportedly carried out in
accordance with an old standard; and
(b) the
work or the appliance to which the work relates complies with that old
standard,
an approval or certification that the work or the appliance to which the work
relates (as the case requires) complies with the standard or code may be given
for the purposes of these regulations.
(3) In this
regulation—
(a) a
standard or code as in force following the variation or substitution
of the standard or code is referred to as the "new standard"; and
(b) a
standard or code as in force immediately prior to the variation or
substitution of the standard or code is referred to as the "old standard ; and
(c) a
reference to "work" includes a reference to examinations and tests related to
the work.