Chapter:	51C	Title:	GAS SAFETY (INSTALLATION AND USE) REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	5	Heading:	General safety precautions	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) No person shall carry out work in relation to a gas fitting in such a manner that gas could escape unless steps are taken to prevent any escape of gas which constitutes a danger to any person or property.
(2) No person carrying out work in relation to a gas fitting shall leave such fitting unattended unless every incomplete gasway has been sealed so as to be gastight or such fitting is otherwise safe.
(3) A person who disconnects a gas fitting shall seal off each outlet of each gas pipe to which it was connected so that each such outlet is gastight.
(4) No person carrying out work in relation to a gas fitting which involves exposing gasways which contain or have contained flammable gas shall smoke or use any source of ignition unless those gasways have been purged so as to remove all such gas or have otherwise been made safe from risk of fire or explosion.
(5) No person searching for an escape of gas from a gas fitting shall use any source of ignition.
(6) Where a person carries out work in relation to a gas fitting which might affect the gastightness of the gas supply system of which such fitting is a part, he shall immediately thereafter test such system for gastightness at least as far as the nearest gas valves upstream and downstream in such system.