Legislative changes in 1992 removed the responsibility for inspection and certification of gas installations from the gas suppliers and instituted a regime of gas certification by a person authorized under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act. This Standard in Part 1 details the various aspects of a gas installation that contribute to its safety, stating performance criteria that shall be achieved to ensure that the legislative requirements for safety of gas installations are met. Part 2 gives the gasfitter more detailed information as a means of compliance with these performance criteria for small installations, and Part 3 gives references for use in the design and specification of larger installations. The means of compliance in Parts 2 and 3 are not the only means of compliance with the performance criteria in Part 1. Gas installations should be undertaken by persons authorized under the Plumber Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 1976.

Superseded by

AS/NZS 5601.1:2010 Supersedes

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5261:1996(NZS) And

5261:1996(NZS)A1 And

5262:1997(NZS) And

5601.1:2010(AS/NZS)

NZS 5261:2003 A2 -