Gasfitters commit an offence if they find a substantive safety risk in a medical gas system; they must either fix the risk immediately or give written notice to the person responsible.

Gasfitters face a maximum penalty of 50 penalty units for failing to act on medical gas safety risks.

Gasfitters must provide a signed certificate of compliance to the person responsible for a medical gas system.

Authorized persons can enter premises to inspect medical gas systems.

The minister can declare specific Australian or New Zealand documents as recognised building standards.

Recognised building standards cannot be enforced unless the director-general makes them accessible to the public for free.

Actions taken by gas appliance workers since 29 March 2015 are validated as if the updated law were already in force.

The minister can now declare certain Australian or New Zealand building documents as 'recognised standards'.

The director-general must make these recognised standards available for free on a government website, the ACT legislation register, or at a government office. If these standards are not made accessible, the Territory or other people cannot enforce them.

Regulations for building, construction licensing, and water and sewerage can now adopt or include external laws and standards.

These adopted laws or standards cannot be enforced unless they are available for free on a government website, the ACT legislation register, or at a government office.

Gasfitters can be fined up to 50 penalty units if they work on a medical gas system that is unsafe and fail to fix the risk or notify the person responsible.

People authorised to enter premises under the Gas Safety Act 2000 can now enter to check medical gas systems and notify the person responsible for those systems.

Actions taken by gas appliance workers between 29 March 2015 and the start of this law are now confirmed as valid.