1991 - No. 97 BUILDING SERVICES CORPORATION ACT 1989 REGULATION
(Relating to air-conditioning work and refrigeration work)
NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 37 of 1 March 1991]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Building Services Corporation Act 1989, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JOE SCHIPP Minister for Housing. Commencement 1. This Regulation commences on 31st March 1991. Amendments 2. The Building Services Corporation Regulation 1990 is amended by inserting after clause 9 the following clause: "Air-conditioning work" and "refrigeration work" defined 9A. (1) The following work is declared to be air-conditioning work for the purposes of the definition of "specialist work" in section 3 (1) of the Act and for the purposes of section 15 of the Act: (a) any work required to install, maintain and service an air-conditioning system (other than a self-contained single-phase plug-in domestic air-conditioning system) in a structure, building, vessel, container or vehicle;

1992 - No. 97 (b) work required to comply with the requirements of Australian Standard 1668, Part 2 (the Ventilation Requirements of the Standards Association of Australia's Mechanical Ventilation and Airconditioning Code); (c) work required to comply with the requirements of Australian Standard AS 3666 (An-handling and water systems of buildings - Microbial control) relating to the maintenance of cooling towers; (d) associated electrical work of the kind described in subclause (4). (2) Despite subclause (1), the following work is not air-conditioning work for the purposes of this clause: (a) the installation of an air-conditioning system in a vehicle by the manufacturer of the vehicle; (b) air-conditioning work that is work that the Motor Vehicle Repairs Act 1980 prohibits a person from carrying out unless the person is the holder of the appropriate licence issued under that Act; (c) the installation, maintenance or repair of ducting or insulation in premises other than a dwelling. (3) The following work is declared to be refrigeration work for the purposes of the definition of "specialist work" in section 3 (1) of the Act and for the purposes of section 15 of the Act: (a) any work required to install, maintain and service a refrigeration system (other than a self-contained single-phase plug-in domestic refrigeration system) in a structure, building, vessel, container or vehicle; (b) work required to comply with the requirements of Australian Standard AS 1677 (Refrigerating Systems); (c) associated electrical work of the kind described in subclause (4). (4) The "associated electrical work" referred to in subclauses (1) and (3) consists of electrical work, relating to the general servicing and maintenance of an air-conditioning system or a refrigeration system, that involves any of the following: (a) the testing of, and diagnosis of problems in, control and power circuits and electrical equipment and electric motors;

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1991 - No. 97 (b) the disconnection and reconnection of electrical components designed to be permanently connected; (c) the replacement of electrical components on the load side of the mains supply, (d) the repair and adjustment (in accordance with normal trade practice) of electrical components; (e) the repair, replacement or making good of cable terminations or defective electrical wiring; (f) minor alterations to electrical wiring.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Building Services Corporation Regulation 1990 so as to declare certain work to be air-conditioning work or refrigeration work for the purposes of certain provisions of the Building Services Corporation Act 1989. The effect of the amendment is that the air-conditioning work or refrigeration work concerned can be carried out only by a person who is the holder of an endorsed licence or appropriate certificate under the Act or by a person under the supervision of such a person.

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