Singapore legislation
Section 29
of Gas Act 2001
Section 29
Maintenance, etc., of gas service pipes and gas installations
(1)
A gas transporter must carry out any necessary work of maintenance, repair or renewal of —
any part of a gas service pipe from a gas main up to a gas service isolation valve; and
that gas service isolation valve,by which gas is conveyed to a consumer’s premises, whether or not the gas service pipe was supplied and laid at the gas transporter’s expense.
(2)
The cost of any work carried out under subsection (1) is to be paid as follows:
in the case of work made necessary by any intentional or negligent act of the consumer, by the consumer if the gas transporter requires the consumer to pay;
in any other case, by the gas transporter.
(3)
The Authority may, from time to time, prescribe such person or class of persons to be responsible for the inspection, maintenance, repair or renewal of any part of a gas installation or any part of a gas service pipe linking a gas service isolation valve to the gas installation.
(4)
The gas transporter must —
establish and implement a programme for the carrying out of regular and periodic inspections, by the gas transporter or the person prescribed under subsection (3) as being responsible for such inspections, of any part of a gas installation or any part of a gas service pipe linking a gas service isolation valve to the gas installation; and
notify the person prescribed under subsection (3) as being responsible for the maintenance, repair or renewal of that part of the gas installation or that part of the gas service pipe linking the gas service isolation valve to the gas installation, if any such work of maintenance, repair or renewal is necessary following such inspections; and such work is to be carried out at the expense of that person.