Renting, hiring, or selling recreational vehicles with gas installations
Regulation 17(2) requires that:
"every person who hires out or leases out any fittings, gas appliance, or gas installation shall take reasonable steps to ensure that:
(a) The fittings, appliance or installation is in a safe condition; and
(b) Any instructions to ensure the safe use of the appliance are provided—prior to so hiring or leasing them out."
A person who rents, hires, or sells recreational vehicles with gas installations must ensure the installation, as a whole, is in a safe condition and instructions to ensure the safe use of the appliance are provided.
As a supplier, a person who rents, hires, or sells recreational vehicles with gas installations also has an obligation to ensure that any appliance is supported by a current and valid supplier declaration on the Energy Safety website.
Energy Safety consider the following items are critical for safety: for a person who rents, hires, or sells recreational vehicles with gas installations:
- ensure that a gas appliance is safe in all reasonably foreseeable circumstances (regulation 13);
- take all reasonable steps to ensure that the installation is in a safe condition and that instructions are provided (regulation 17).
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