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                The
           Gas Inspection
            Regulations

                                 being

Chapter G-3.2 Reg 1 (effective March 22, 1994) as amended
by Saskatchewan Regulations 32/96, 37/2000, 90/2004,
12/2005, 46/2008, 128/2010, 105/2015, 3/2021, 17/2024 and
16/2026.




                                NOTE:
  This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been
  incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes
  and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation
  and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the
  original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared
  are reproduced in this consolidation.
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                                              Table of Contents
1   Title                                                10 Repealed
2   Interpretation                                       11 Permits not transferable
3   Repealed                                             12 Responsibility for performance of work
4   Certification and approval of gas equipment          13 Inspection of permit work
5   Requirements re certified and approved equipment     13.1 Maximum penalty
6   Applications for permits                             14 Employers’ returns
7   Deadline for obtaining permit                        15 Repealed
8   Commencement of work                                 16 Standards for installations
9   Duration of permits                                  17 Standards for filling plants and dispensing plants
                                                         18 Coming into force
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                              CHAPTER G-3.2 REG 1
                             The Gas Inspection Act, 1993
Title
    1   These regulations may be cited as The Gas Inspection Regulations.
Interpretation
    2(1) In these regulations:
         (a) “Act” means The Gas Inspection Act, 1993;
         (b) “attendant” means a person who conducts the actual transfer of gas from
         one container to another, and includes a person who dispenses gas;
         (c) “commercial installation” means a gas installation other than a
         domestic installation, and includes an industrial installation;
         (d) Repealed. 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s3.
         (e) “dispensing plant” means a gas refuelling station as defined in the most
         recent edition of the standard CAN/CGA-B149.1 Natural Gas Installation Code,
         as amended from time to time, approved by the Standards Council of Canada;
         (f) “domestic installation” means a domestic installation as defined in The
         Gas Licensing Regulations;
         (g) “operator” means the person designated by the owner or lessee of a
         filling plant or a dispensing plant to exercise managerial control of the plant;
         (h) “schedule” means the schedule of fees fixed by the corporation from time
         to time pursuant to section 32 of the Act;
         (i) “service” means the branch pipe connection between a distribution system
         or fuel container and the inlet of the gas piping of premises, and includes any
         alteration of a connection and any reconnection.
    (2) For greater certainty, for the purposes of the Act and in these regulations, the
    definition of ‘gas equipment’ in section 2 of the Act includes enclosed combustors
    designed for the combustion of gas produced from an oil well.
                                                   31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s2; 21 Jun 96
                                                   SR 33/96 s3; 9 Jun 2000 SR 37/2000 s3; 1 Oct
                                                   2004 SR 90/2004 s3; 5 Apr 2024 SR 17/2024 s2.


    3   Repealed. 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s4.
Certification and approval of gas equipment
    4(1) For the purposes of section 26 of the Act, the following are prescribed as testing
    laboratories that may certify gas equipment:
         (a) testing laboratories operated by:
                 (i) the Canadian Standards Association;
                 (ii) Repealed. 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s5.
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              (iii) Repealed. 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s5.
              (iv) Intertek Testing Services, NA Ltd.;
              (v) Omni-Test Laboratories, Inc.;
              (vi) Repealed. 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s5.
              (vii) Underwriters Laboratories Inc.;
              (viii) the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;
              (ix) Repealed. 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s5.
         (b) a testing laboratory that is approved by the chief inspector.
    (2) The certification of gas equipment is to be based on standards approved by the
    Standards Council of Canada.
    (3) Gas equipment that is not certified may be submitted to the chief inspector for
    testing and examination and approval where:
         (a) in the opinion of the chief inspector, the equipment is of a design and
         quantity that makes certification not feasible, and there is no counterpart for
         that equipment that is certified; and
         (b) the corporation has the facilities required to assess the equipment for
         compliance with the standards mentioned in section 16 and related bulletins
         or the person submitting the gas equipment for approval consents to the use
         of other facilities chosen by the chief inspector.
                                                   31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s4; 9 Jun 2000
                                                   SR 37/2000 s4; 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s5.


Requirements re certified and approved equipment
    5(1) The chief inspector may require the manufacturer, seller or renter of gas
    equipment that is certified or approved:
         (a) to supply the names and addresses of all persons to whom the equipment
         was sold, rented or otherwise provided or offered for use; and
         (b) to affix a label supplied by the corporation to the equipment in an easily
         observable position.
    (2) Where the chief inspector is of the opinion that equipment mentioned in
    subsection (1) has become, or the chief inspector finds the equipment to be, unsafe
    in use, the chief inspector may require the manufacturer, seller, renter, purchaser
    or user of the equipment to:
         (a) take the equipment out of service;
         (b) recall the equipment for modification or replacement; and
         (c) return the labels to the corporation.
    (3) A label mentioned in clause (1)(b) is to be applied only to the gas equipment
    for which the label is issued.
                                                   31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s5.
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Applications for permits
    6   An application for a permit must:
         (a) be in the form supplied by the corporation;
         (b) clearly set out the address and location of the premises at which the work
         is to be performed;
         (c) provide the name, address and home and business telephone numbers of
         the owner or occupant or both and the use or proposed use of the premises;
         (d) contain information satisfactory to the chief inspector regarding the
         technical nature and extent of the work to be performed and the anticipated
         completion date;
         (e) bear the name, authorizing signature, complete address and contractor’s
         licence number of the applicant; and
         (f) be accompanied by the fee specified in the schedule.
                                               31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s6; 9 Jun 2000
                                               SR 37/2000 s5; 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s6.


Deadline for obtaining permit
    7 A person who intends to commence any work for which a permit is required
    must obtain a permit not later than 9:00 a.m. on the day on which the work is to
    be commenced.
                                               1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s7.


Commencement of work
    8(1) Work for which a permit is granted must be commenced within 90 days after
    the date of issuance.
    (2) If work authorized by a permit is not commenced within the period mentioned
    in subsection (1), the permit expires at the end of that period.
                                               31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s8.


Duration of permits
    9(1) The chief inspector may cancel a permit after one year has elapsed from the
    date of issuance if the work of installation is incomplete.
    (2) A temporary permit expires on the date that:
         (a) is specified on the temporary permit; and
         (b) must not be more than 200 days after the date of issue.
                                               31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s9; 2 Apr 2026
                                               SR 16/2026 s3.


    10 Repealed. 1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s8.
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Permits not transferable
    11 A permit shall not be transferred to any person.
                                                31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s11.


Responsibility for performance of work
    12(1) The holder of a permit is responsible for the performance of the work for
    which the permit is issued in accordance with the Act and any regulations made
    pursuant to the Act.
    (2) Notwithstanding anything written on a permit:
         (a) the permit does not authorize the holder to perform work that is not in
         accordance with the Act and any regulations made pursuant to the Act; and
         (b) the chief inspector may order any changes or additions that the chief
         inspector considers necessary to satisfy the intent of the Act or any regulations
         made pursuant to the Act.
                                                31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s12; 1 Oct 2004 SR
                                                90/2004 s9.


Inspection of permit work
    13 The chief inspector may determine whether or not any particular gas installation
    work for which a permit is granted is to be inspected, and there is no requirement
    that each gas installation be inspected.
                                                31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s13.


Maximum penalty
    13.1 The maximum amount of a penalty that may be imposed pursuant to
    section 35.2 of the Act for performing work of gas installation without a permit
    is $2,500 for each item of work performed without a permit.
                                                1 Oct 2004 SR 90/2004 s10; 11 Dec 2015 SR
                                                105/2015 s3.


Employers’ returns
    14(1) When directed to do so by the chief inspector, the holder of an employer’s
    licence pursuant to The Gas Licensing Act shall submit to the corporation a return
    respecting all work to which the Act applies that is performed by the gas-fitters in
    the employ of the holder.
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    (2) The return must be signed by the installing gas-fitter and must be certified as
    correct by the employer.
                                                 31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s14.


    15 Repealed. 9 Jun 2000 SR 37/2000 s6.
Standards for installations
    16(1)    In this section:
            (a) “Canadian Hydrogen Installation Code” means CAN/BNQ 1784-
            000/2022, as amended from time to time;
            (b) “Code for digester gas, landfill gas, and biogas generation and
            utilization” means ANSI/CSA-B149.6-25, as amended from time to time;
            (c) “Code for the field approval of fuel-burning appliances and
            equipment” means CSA-B149.3-25, as amended from time to time;
            (d) “Compressed natural gas refuelling station installation code”
            means CSA B108.1-23, as amended from time to time;
            (e) “Installation code for propane fuel systems and containers on motor
            vehicles” means CSA-B149.5-25, as amended from time to time;
            (f) “Liquified natural gas - production, storage, and handling code”
            means CSA-Z276-22, as amended from time to time;
            (g) “Liquified natural gas refuelling station installation code” means
            CSA B108.2-23, as amended from time to time;
            (h) “Natural gas and propane installation code” means CSA-B149.1-25,
            as amended from time to time;
            (i) “Propane storage and handling code” means CSA-B149.2-25, as
            amended from time to time.
    (2) A person who installs equipment or apparatus that uses natural gas or propane
    as a fuel shall install the equipment or apparatus in accordance with the Natural
    gas and propane installation code.
    (3) A person who installs equipment or apparatus that stores or handles propane
    shall install the equipment or apparatus in accordance with the Propane storage
    and handling code.
    (4) A person who installs digester gas systems that use methane as a fuel shall
    install the systems in accordance with the Code for digester gas, landfill gas, and
    biogas generation and utilization.
    (5) A person who installs a vehicle refuelling appliance that uses compressed
    natural gas shall install the appliance in accordance with the Compressed natural
    gas refuelling station installation code.
    (5.1) A person who installs a vehicle refuelling appliance that uses liquefied natural
    gas shall install the appliance in accordance with the Liquified natural gas refuelling
    station installation code.
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    (5.2) A person who installs an appliance that uses liquified natural gas shall install
    the appliance in accordance with the Liquified natural gas - production, storage,
    and handling code.
    (6) A person who installs fuel‑related components on appliances and equipment
    in the field shall install the components in accordance with the Code for the field
    approval of fuel‑burning appliances and equipment.
    (7) A person who installs equipment or apparatus that uses hydrogen as a fuel
    or that stores or handles hydrogen shall install the equipment or apparatus in
    accordance with the Canadian Hydrogen Installation Code.
    (8) A person who installs propane fuel system components or containers on motor
    vehicles for the provision of motive power or for fuel purposes other than motive
    power shall install the components in accordance with the Installation code for
    propane fuel systems and containers on motor vehicles.
                                                      5 Feb 2021 SR 3/2021 s2; 2 Apr 2026
                                                      SR 16/2026 s4.


Standards for filling plants and dispensing plants
    17(1) An owner, franchisee, lessee, operator or attendant of a filling plant or a
    dispensing plant shall comply with the standards mentioned in subsections 16(1)
    and (2).
    (2) An owner, franchisee, lessee or operator of a filling plant or a dispensing plant
    shall ensure that:
          (a) no propane or natural gas container is filled unless the container meets
          the requirements of the standards mentioned in subsections 16(1) and (2); and
          (b) no propane or natural gas container is filled and no propane or natural
          gas is dispensed unless the attendant complies with the standards mentioned
          in subsections 16(1) and (2).
    (3) An attendant of a filling plant or a dispensing plant shall ensure that no propane
    or natural gas container is filled unless the container meets the requirements of the
    standards mentioned in subsections 16(1) and (2).
                                                      31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s17.


Coming into force
    18 These regulations come into force on the day on which they are filed with the
    Registrar of Regulations.
                                                      31 Mar 94 cG-3.2 Reg 1 s18.




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