AS/NZS 5601.1:2013

Gas installations - Part 1: General installations

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Provides the mandatory requirements and means of compliance for the design, installation and commissioning of gas installations associated with the use or intended use of fuel gases such as natural gas, LP Gas, or biogas. Legislative changes in 1992 removed the responsibility for inspection and certification of gas installations from the gas suppliers and instituted a regime of gas certification by a person authorised under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006. Section 1 of this standard details the scope and general aspects of a gas installation that contribute to its safety. Section 2 outlines performance-based design and other essential requirements that must be met to ensure the safety of gas installations. Sections 3 to 6 specify the means of compliance for installations within the limitations of section 2. Gas installations must be undertaken only by persons authorised under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006.

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Amendment history

Supersedes

AS/NZS 5601.1:2010
AS/NZS 5601.1&2:2010 Set as of 16/09/2013

Publishing information

Status: CURRENT

Published: 16/09/2013

Pages: 300

Committee: AG/06

References

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Standards NZ References:

Overseas Standards References:

AS 1345 Identification of the contents of pipes, conduits and ducts
AS 2944.2 Plastics pipes and fittings for gas reticulation - Part 2: Polyamide fittings
AS ISO 7.1 Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are made on the threads - Part 1: Dimensions, tolerances and designa
AS 1357.1 Valves primarily for use in heated water systems - Part 1: Protection valves
BS 1640-1 Specification for steel butt-welding pipe fittings for the petroleum industry - Part 1: Wrought carbon and fer
AS 1572 Copper and copper alloys - Seamless tubes for engineering purposes
AS 4566 Flue cowls - Gas appliances
AS 4041 Pressure piping
AS 1668.2 The use of ventilation and airconditioning in buildings - Part 2: Mechanical ventilation in buildings
ANSI LC-4 Press-connect metallic fittings for use in fuel gas distibution systems
ASME B36.19M Stainless steel pipe
AS ISO 6993.3 Buried, high-impact poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-HI) piping systems for the supply of gaseous fuels - Part 3:
ASME B1.20.1 Pipe threads, general purpose (Inch)
AS 4176.8 Multilayer pipes for pressure applications - Multilayer pipe systems for consumer gas installations with a max
EN 10241 Steel threaded pipe fittings
AS 2129 Flanges for pipes, valves and fittings
BS 8537 Copper and copper alloys. Plumbing fittings. Specification for press ends of plumbing fittings for use with meta
BS 1640-3 Specification for steel butt-welding pipe fittings for the petroleum industry - Part 3: Wrought carbon and fer
AS 2738 Copper and copper alloys - Compositions and designations of refinery products, wrought products, ingots and cast
ASME B16.5 Pipe flanges and flanged fittings
AS 1530.1 Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures - Part 1: Combustibility test for mate
AS 4629 Automatic shut-off valves and vent valves
AS 4553 Gas space heating appliances
ASME B16.9 Factory-made wrought steel butt-welding fittings
AS 4623 Jointing compounds and materials for use in gas pipe joints
AS 1074 Steel tube and tubulars for ordinary service
AS 5200.053 Plumbing and drainage products - Part 053: Stainless steel pipes and tubes for pressure applications
AS 4617 Manual shut-off gas valves
ISO 49 Malleable cast iron fittings threaded to ISO 7-1
AS 1397 Continuous hot-dip metallic coated steel sheet and strip - Coatings of zinc and zinc alloyed with aluminium and
ASTM A269 Specification for seamless and welded austenitic stainless steel tubing for general service
ASME B16.11 Forged fittings, socket-welding and threaded
AS 4627 Quick-connect devices for gas
AS 3688 Water supply - Metallic fittings and end connectors
EN 1759-1 Flanges and their joints—Circular flanges for pipes, valves, fittings and accessories, class designated - Part
AS 4631 Limited flexibility connectors for gas
BS 3799 Specification for steel pipe fittings, screwed and socket-welding for the petroleum industry
BS 7838 Specification for corrugated stainless steel semi-rigid pipe and associated fittings for low-pressure gas pipewo
AS 1210 Pressure vessels
AS 4551 Domestic gas cooking appliances
AS 4567 Twin wall metal flues—Gas appliances
ASTM A106 Specification for seamless carbon steel pipe for high-temperature service
DVGW VP614 Permanent Tube Connections For Metallic Gas Pipelines — Pressed Joints
AS D26 Tube fittings with Dryseal American standard taper pipe and unified threads for automotive and industrial use
AS 1464.1 Plastics pipes and fittings for gas reticulation - Unplasticized PVC (UPVC) - Part 1: Pipes
API SPEC 5L Specification for line pipe
AS ISO 6993.1 Buried, high-impact poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-HI) piping systems for the supply of gaseous fuels - Part 1:
EN 14324 Brazing - Guidance on the application of brazed joints
ASTM A53/A53M Specification for pipe, steel, black and hot-dipped, zinc-coated, welded and seamless
AS 1432 Copper tubes for plumbing, gasfitting and drainage applications
AS 2944.1 Plastics pipes and fittings for gas reticulation - Part 1: Polyamide pipes
AS 3814 Industrial and commercial gas-fired appliances

Citations

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Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 44(5)

Citation Context:
(5) For the purposes of subclauses (1) to (3), - (a) despite anything to the contrary in AS/NZS 5601.1, a gas installation that has a design capacity to consume 60 000 megajoules or more of gas per hour need not meet the requirements of paragraph 8 of clause 2.6.2, or paragraph 7 of clause 2.6.6, of AS/NZS 5601.1; and...

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: Schedule 1

Citation Context:
AS/NZS 5601.1–2013: New Zealand Standard known as AS/NZS 5601.1:2013 (Gas installations—Part 1: General installations)

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 5A(2)

Citation Context:
In these regulations, high-risk gasfitting means any of the following, unless it is low-risk gasfitting:... ...(b) any gasfitting, other than that described in paragraph (a), that - (i) is not carried out in accordance with sections 3 to 6 of AS/NZS 5601.1 or sections 3 to 9 of AS/NZS 5601.2 (as appropriate)... ...(vii) is carried out in accordance with AS/NZS 5601.1 where the operating pressure is greater than 200 kilopascals...

Building Code Compliance Document G4

Ministry: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment: Building Systems Performance
Section: AS1

Building Code Compliance Document G10

Ministry: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment: Building Systems Performance
Section: AS1, VM1

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 44(2)

Citation Context:
(2) If a gas installation or part installation does not comply with either sections 3 to 6 of AS/NZS 5601.1 or...

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 44(3)

Citation Context:
(3) Every person who supplies or intends to supply an imported gas installation to a retailer or consumer must, before supplying the gas installation, ensure that it complies with the requirements of section 2 of whichever of the following applies: (a) AS/NZS 5601.1; or...

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 48(1)

Citation Context:
(1) Every certificate of compliance must record the following:... ...(c) if the work was required to comply with standards in addition to AS/NZS 5601.1 or AS/NZS 5601.2 (as applicable), which standards were complied with.

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 45(1)

Citation Context:
(1) All gasfitting work done on a gas installation or part installation must be tested... ...(d) in the case of a gas installation or part installation that does not comply with sections 3 to 6 of AS/NZS 5601.1 or...

Building Code Compliance Document G11

Ministry: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment: Building Systems Performance
Section: AS1

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 44(1)

Citation Context:
(1) Every person who designs, installs, tests, commissions, or connects a gas installation or part installation must design, install, test, commission, and connect the gas installation or part installation in accordance with any applicable certified design and whichever of the following applies: (a) AS/NZS 5601.1; or...

Gas (Safety And Measurement) Regulations 2010

Ministry: WorkSafe New Zealand: Energy Safety
Section: 51(1)

Citation Context:
(1) Before a person connects a gas installation or part installation on which gasfitting work has been done to a gas supply, the person doing the connection or, if subclause (5) applies, the supervisor must... ...(g) if the gas installation or part installation is an imported gas installation or part installation, ensure that it complies with the requirements of section 2 of AS/NZS 5601.1 or section 2 of AS/NZS 5601.2 (as applicable).

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