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AR 111/2010 GAS CODE REGULATION (Consolidated up to 193/2015)
ALBERTA REGULATION 111/2010
Safety Codes Act
GAS CODE REGULATION
Table of Contents
                1      Interpretation
                2      Paramountcy
                3      Gas systems equipment                 5      Natural gas and propane installation code
                6      Propane storage and handling code
             6.1      Code for the field approval of fuel‑related components on appliances and equipment
                7      Installation code for propane fuel systems and tanks on highway vehicles
                8      Compressed Natural Gas Fuelling Stations Installation Code
                9      Natural Gas for Vehicles Installation Code
              10      Repeal
              12      Coming into force
Interpretation
1(1)  In this Regulation,
                               (a)    “Act” means the Safety Codes Act;
                              (b)    “Administrator” means an Administrator appointed under section 14(1) of the Act with respect to gas;
                               (c)    “Standards Council of Canada” means the Standards Council of Canada established by the Standards Council of Canada Act (Canada);
                              (d)    “utility” means an individual, firm, corporation or other entity authorized to distribute gas services to a consumer in Alberta.
(2)  If a code that is declared in force in this Regulation defines a word that is used in this Regulation in a reference to that code, the word has, for the purposes of the reference, the meaning given to it in the code.
(3)  The following references in a code that is declared in force in this Regulation, shall be read as referring to the “Alberta Building Code 2014 as declared in force by the Building Code Regulation”:
                               (a)    “National Building Code of Canada”;
                              (b)    “National Building Code of Canada or local code”;
                               (c)    “local building code”;
                              (d)    “applicable building code of the authority having jurisdiction".
AR 111/2010 s1;193/2015
Paramountcy
2   If there is a conflict between a code declared in force in this Regulation and another regulation under an Act of Alberta, the other regulation prevails over this Regulation.
Gas systems equipment
3(1)  No person shall manufacture, install, sell or offer for sale any equipment related to gas systems for use in Alberta unless the equipment has been
                               (a)    tested and certified by a certification body accredited by the Standards Council of Canada, or
                              (b)    inspected and accepted by a certification body or an inspection body accredited by the Standards Council of Canada, and the equipment bears evidence of having been accepted in the manner authorized by the certification body or inspection body.
(2)  If a code, standard or body of rules respecting gas systems that is declared in force under the Act refers to approved equipment, that equipment must meet the requirements of this section.
AR 111/2010 s3;193/2015
4   Repealed AR 193/2015 s4.
Natural gas and propane installation code
5   CSA Standard B149.1‑15, Natural gas and propane installation code, published in August 2015 by the Canadian Standards Association, is declared in force as amended or replaced from time to time.
AR 111/2010 s5;193/2015
Propane storage and handling code
6   CSA Standard B149.2‑15, Propane storage and handling code, published in August 2015 by the Canadian Standards Association, is declared in force as amended or replaced from time to time.
Code for the field approval of fuel‑related components on appliances and equipment
6.1   CSA Standard B149.3‑15, Code for the field approval of fuel‑related components on appliances and equipment, published in August 2015 by the Canadian Standards Association, is declared in force as amended or replaced from time to time.
AR 193/2015 s7
Installation code for propane fuel systems and tanks on highway vehicles
7   CSA Standard B149.5‑15, Installation code for propane fuel systems and tanks on highway vehicles, published in August 2015 by the Canadian Standards Association, is declared in force as amended or replaced from time to time.
AR 111/2010 s7;193/2015
Compressed Natural Gas Fuelling Stations Installation Code
8   CSA Standard B108‑14, Compressed natural gas fuelling stations installation code, published in August 2015 by the Canadian Standards Association, is declared in force as amended or replaced from time to time.
AR 111/2010 s8;193/2015
Natural Gas for Vehicles Installation Code
9   CSA Standard B109‑14, Natural gas for vehicles installation code ‑ Part 1, Compressed natural gas, published in March 2014 by the Canadian Standards Association, is declared in force as amended or replaced from time to time.
AR 111/2010 s9;193/2015
Repeal
10   The Gas Code Regulation (AR 113/2005) is repealed.
11   Repealed AR 227/2012 s4.
Coming into force
12   This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2010. Schedules 1 to 5  Repealed by AR 193/2015 s11.