Singapore legislation
Clause 29
of Gas Bill
Clause 29
Maintenance, etc., of gas service pipes and gas installations
(1)
A gas transporter shall carry out any necessary work of maintenance, repair or renewal of any gas service pipe by which gas is conveyed by it 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) shall be paid as follows:
in the case of work made necessary by any intentional or negligent act of the consumer and the gas transporter so requires, by the consumer; and
in any other case, by the gas transporter.
(3)
The gas transporter shall —
establish and implement a programme for the carrying out of a regular and periodic inspection of gas installations at each consumer’s premises; and
notify the consumer and such other person as may be prescribed to be responsible for the maintenance, repair or renewal of the gas installation if any such work of maintenance, repair or renewal is necessary following any such inspection, and such work shall be carried out at the expense of the consumer or such other person responsible for such maintenance, repair or renewal, as the case may be.
(4)
A gas transporter shall, in circumstances where it knows or ought reasonably to know that gas is escaping from an internal pipe or that a gas appliance is faulty, make safe the internal pipe or gas appliance whether or not the internal pipe or gas appliance was supplied, laid or fitted at the gas transporter’s expense, and such work shall be carried out at the consumer’s expense.