Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Approval of Form of Gasfitting Certificate

Pursuant to Regulations 47(2)(a) and 47(2)(b) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010 ("the Regulations"), I, David Smol, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development, hereby give public notice that from 1 November 2010, the approved form of certificate of compliance applicable to gasfitting carried out under sections 22 or 62 of the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006 ("the PG&D Act") work shall be as specified in the Schedule below.
Schedule
Section Specification
Gasfitting carried out
under section 22 of the
PG&D Act
(Large installation
exemption) The form of certificate for certification of gasfitting carried out under section 22 of the PG&D Act must contain the following information:
- A unique certificate number.
- A plant-specific work number, where applicable.
- The date of certification.
- The name or other identification of the installation.
- The physical address of the installation.
Note: This is the street address, not a postal address.
- The name of the person in charge.
- The name of the certifier.
- The category of gasfitting.
Note: Available categories are: campervan, caravan, commercial, domestic, industrial, other and temporary.
- The type of gasftting, as defined in Regulation 44(1) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010.
- The gas type.
- A description of the gasfitting work carried out.
Note: This may include a reference to the work number or detailed specification of the work that is held by the owner or operator of the installation.
- The working pressure of the installation or that part of the system worked on.
- Confirmation that the required testing and commissioning has been carried out, the result of testing and commissioning is satisfactory and has been recorded.
The information must be completed in the order specified and be completed on the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board’s online electronic certification database.
Note: Other information that may appear on the form when implemented is not mandatory for gasfitting undertaken under section 22 of the PG&D Act, but may be completed at the discretion of the certifier.
Gasfitting carried out under section 62 of the PG&D Act
(Employer licence) The form of certificate for certification of gasfitting carried out under section 62 of the PG&D Act must contain the following information:
- A unique certificate number.
- Date of certification.
- Identification of the installation.
- Physical address of the installation.
Note: This is the street address, not a postal address.
Note: Where the installation is in or on a vehicle or a vessel, that vehicle or vessel shall be unambiguously identified.
- Identity of the licensee.
- Identity of the certifier.
- The category of gasfitting.
Note: Available categories are: campervan, caravan, commercial, domestic, industrial, other and temporary.
- The type of gasftting, as defined in Regulation 44(1) of the Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010.
- The gas type.
- The working pressure of that part of the system worked on.
- Confirmation that the required testing and commissioning has been carried out, the result of testing and commissioning is satisfactory and has been recorded.
The information must be completed in the order specified and be completed on the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board’s online electronic certification database.
Note: Other information that may appear on the form when implemented is not mandatory for gasfitting undertaken under section 62 of the PG&D Act but may be completed at the discretion of the certifier.
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of September 2010.
DAVID SMOL, Chief Executive, Ministry of Economic Development.