Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Preliminary and key provisions - Key provisions - Specific gasfitting exemptions

22: Exemption for work on certain gas installations

You could also call this:

"Some industrial premises are exempt from gasfitting rules if they follow safety standards."

Illustration for Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

You can do gasfitting work on certain industrial premises. These premises use a lot of gas, more than 60 000 megajoules per hour. The person in charge of the premises must have a system to ensure gasfitters are competent and supervised. You must be competent to do the work you are employed or contracted to do. You must also be supervised by someone authorised by the person in charge. This rule applies to industrial premises with high gas consumption. The person in charge must maintain this system at all times. This is so people doing gasfitting work on the premises are safe. You need to follow this rule when doing gasfitting work on these premises.

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Part 1Preliminary and key provisions
Key provisions: Specific gasfitting exemptions

22Exemption for work on certain gas installations

A person may do, or assist in doing, gasfitting on industrial premises that have a design capacity for energy consumption by gas installations of more than 60 000 megajoules per hour if the person in charge of the industrial plant on those premises maintains at all times a system of operation that is sufficient to ensure that persons who do, or assist in doing, gasfitting on those premises—
are competent to carry out the range of work for which they are employed or contracted to carry out; and
are supervised by a person or persons who are authorised by the person in charge of the industrial plant on those premises to supervise work on those premises.