Gas information sheet 33: Gas installation notification
The intent of this technical information sheet is to help gasfitters identify whether their gas installation is a Standard gas installation or a Complex installation so that the gasfitter will know which authority, the Victorian Building Authority or Energy Safe Victoria, needs to be notified of the gas installation.
Gas installation notification
Standard gas installation
Standard gas installations require the lodgement of a Compliance Certificate (CC) to the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation, pursuant to Section 221ZH of the Building Act 1993.
Complex gas installation
Complex gas installations require you to seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11 of the Gas Safety Regulations) on completion of the installation. Click here for application and acceptance process guidelines.
Refer to the attached tables to identify your installation type and to which authority you lodge your application.
Definition
Storeys above the ground
The number of storeys above ground is a deciding factor as to whether the installation is a Standard installation or a Complex installation. Be aware the ground floor of any building is the 1st storey of that building and all subsequent floors above ground are measured from the ground floor.
For further information please contact the Gas Safety Technical Information Line on 1800 652 563.
Type of premises | Installation type | Who needs to be notified? | Limitations, criteria and notice requirements | |
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VBA | ESV | |||
Class 1a (i)A single dwelling being—A detached house. |
Standard | ✔ | ✘ | Lodge a Compliance Certificate with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation. |
Class 1a (ii)A single dwelling being—One of a group of two or more attached dwellings, each being a building, separated by a fire-resisting wall, including a row house, terrace house, town house or villa unit. |
Standard | ✔ | ✘ | Lodge a Compliance Certificate with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation. |
Class 1b (i) (A) and (B)A boarding house, guest house, hostel or the like—
which are not located above or below another dwelling or another Class of building other than a private garage. |
Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 1b (ii)Four (4) or more single dwellings located on one allotment and used for short-term holiday accommodation, which are not located above or below another dwelling or another Class of building other than a private garage. |
Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 2 – StandardA building containing two (2) or more sole-occupancy units each being a separate dwelling. This class can be Standard or Complex; read carefully limitations, criteria and notice requirements in the right hand column. |
Standard | ✔ | ✘ |
Building of 5 storeys or fewer above the ground. Building of 6 storeys or more above the ground where the residential premise is occupied or has been previously occupied. Standard gas installation work is limited to inside the premise, (i.e. downstream of the gas isolation point in the premise). E.g. the changeover of a gas appliance or the extension of the existing gas fitting line inside the premise to a new gas appliance. Lodge a Compliance Certificate with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation. |
Class 2 – ComplexA building containing two (2) or more sole-occupancy units each being a separate dwelling. This class can be Standard or Complex; read carefully limitations, criteria and notice requirements in the right hand column. |
Complex | ✘ | ✔ |
Building of 6 storeys or more above the ground where the residential premise is not occupied and has never been previously occupied. However, irrespective of whether the building is occupied or has been previously occupied, if a gasfitting line is being installed from the building gas riser into the premise, the gas installation becomes a complex gas installation. Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 3A residential building, other than a building of Class 1 or 2, which is a common place of long term or transient living for a number of unrelated persons, including—
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Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 4A dwelling in a building that is Class 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 if it is the only dwelling in the building. |
Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 5 – StandardAn office building used for professional or commercial purposes, excluding buildings of Class 6, 7, 8 or 9. This class can be Standard or Complex; read carefully limitations, criteria and notice requirements in the right hand column. |
Standard | ✔ | ✘ | Building of 5 storeys or fewer above the ground, and
Lodge a Compliance Certificate with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation. |
Class 5 – ComplexAn office building used for professional or commercial purposes, excluding buildings of Class 6, 7, 8 or 9. This class can be Standard or Complex; read carefully limitations, criteria and notice requirements in the right hand column.
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Complex | ✘ | ✔ |
Building of 6 storeys or more above the ground. Building of 5 storeys or fewer above the ground, where
Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 6 – StandardA shop or other building for the sale of goods by retail or the supply of services direct to the public, including—
This class can be Standard or Complex; read carefully limitations, criteria and notice requirements in the right hand column. |
Standard | ✔ | ✘ | Building of 5 storeys or fewer above the ground, and
Lodge a Compliance Certificate with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation. |
Class 6 – ComplexA shop or other building for the sale of goods by retail or the supply of services direct to the public, including—
This class can be Standard or Complex; read carefully limitations, criteria and notice requirements in the right hand column. |
Complex | ✘ | ✔ |
Building of 6 storeys or more above the ground. Building of 5 storeys or fewer above the ground, where
Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 7A building which is—
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Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 8A laboratory, or a building in which a handicraft or process for the production, assembling, altering, repairing, packing, finishing, or cleaning of goods or produce is carried on for trade, sale, or gain. |
Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 9A building of a public nature—
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Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Class 10A non-habitable building or structure—
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Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Other type of premises | Installation type | Who needs to be notified | Limitations, criteria and notice requirements | |
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VBA | ESV | |||
Caravans – Private | Standard | ✔ | ✘ | Lodge a Compliance Certificate with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation. |
Mobile Homes – Private | Standard | ✔ | ✘ | Lodge a Compliance Certificate with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) within five days of completing the installation. |
Mobile Catering Vehicle | Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Marine Craft | Complex | ✘ | ✔ |
Marine craft used for recreational purposes. Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |
Any installation involving a Type B appliance (regardless of building class) |
Complex | ✘ | ✔ | Seek acceptance by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) prior to commissioning your installation. You must submit a Gas Application before beginning work and a signed Compliance Notice (Schedule 11) of the Gas Application on completion of the installation. |