Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
Regulation 19
Re-admitting gas on completion of work
Subregulation 1
Any person who carries out any work in relation to a gas installation or gas fitting which may affect the integrity of any part of that gas installation or gas fitting thereof shall, upon the completion of such work, ensure that the affected part of the gas installation or gas fitting has been installed in compliance with these Regulations and is appropriately tested to verify that it is gas-tight.
Subregulation 2
Any person who has completed any work referred to in paragraph (1) shall ensure that —
immediately after complying with that paragraph, purging is safely carried out on the gas installation or gas fitting to prevent the formation of any potentially explosive mixture of air and gas in the gas installation or gas fitting;
if such purging has been carried out through a loosened connection, appropriate tests are conducted on the connection to confirm that it is leak free after it has been re-tightened;
every seal fitted after such purging is appropriately tested to confirm that it is leak free; and
if a supply of gas has been discontinued to any other part of the gas installation or gas fitting which may be affected by the work referred to in that paragraph, appropriate tests are conducted on that part of the gas installation or gas fitting to confirm that it is leak free when re-admitting gas.
Subregulation 3
If gas is not re-admitted to the gas installation or gas fitting referred to in paragraph (1) on completion of the procedures referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), any person who re-admits gas to such gas installation or gas fitting shall ensure that the procedures are conducted again accordingly.
Subregulation 4
Any person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.