Western Australian Consolidated Acts

GAS STANDARDS ACT 1972 - SECT 9

9 .         Requirements as to change in gas

        (1)         An undertaker shall not cause or permit any alteration to be made in the specific gravity, flame speed or other prescribed characteristic of gas supplied by him unless he has first applied for, and obtained, the written approval of the Minister to the alteration.

        (2)         Where the Minister —

            (a)         has received from an undertaker an application under section 8(2) or subsection (1) for his approval to the alteration of the heating value or other characteristic of the gas supplied by the undertaker; and

            (b)         is of opinion that if the alteration is effected, all or any of the consumers’ installations to which the gas is supplied will require modification or replacement by reason of the alteration,

                the Minister shall not approve of the alteration until he is satisfied that the undertaker has satisfactorily undertaken, at his own expense, the, modification or replacement, as the case requires, of those consumers’ installations.