Do you need to produce a gas certificate when you disconnect and plug an appliance ?I plugged off two bayonet fittings leaving house with no appliances but connected to meter but still potentially live.(pipe capped off and leak tested) Owner wants one but doesn't want to pay for a cert to have gas reconnected by gas company as says I should have issued one when I did disconnection.

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He doesn't need a gas certificate when the gas is reconnected.  All he needs is a letter from a gasfitter saying that the property is sound.  We get this all the time, someone who is inexperienced at the gas company says they need a cert for the property.  This is only if the property is new, if it is an existing property where the gas has been off for some time then the gas retailer may require some proof that the carcass is sound before they will authorise the gas to be turned on.  Part of the procedures for reconnection involve a test of the carcass anyway, so if it is not sound then it won't be turned on by the COC Level 2 trained gasfitter.

Strictly speaking I think you are meant to issue a gas certificate for removals etc - but then I am not aware of any gasfitters that do it.  Likewise it will depend on if you quoted the job or it is time and materials as to whether the owner should pay for one.   If you quoted it then possibly he could validly argue that you should have included the cost of certification if legally required - that would be your job to know not his and that would be why he employed a certifying gasfitter.  If it is time and materials then he should pay for a certificate at the rate you would charge which I hope would be well in excess of $25 given the additional administration to file etc. 

I would listen to Robbo, it isn't worth a shit fight with the Board over $25 - you could always ring them to check what the expectation to be 100% sure.  However I think a call to the gas retailer is in order to clarify what they have said as well.

Asked PGDB for their thoughts and they came back with no cert needed for a plug off even if it is connected to a meter. If it is disconnected from the meter then it isn't even gas work, its just a pipe.

hi guys/minig/Jax, thats what i would have expected, well done for checking it out, just shows what a simple phone call can do,cheers