Type B Approvals & Compliance in Australia

James Giles Plumbing Pty Ltd is here to make the Type B  Approval and compliance process as easy as possible for appliance manufactures, importers, commercial, industrial, manufacturing, food processing, mining, energy and gas production clients!

Type B Systems, Devices and Appliances are commonly found in commercial, industrial, manufacturing, food processing, mining, energy and gas production sites. A Type B  device is defined in AS/NZS 5601 as an appliance that produces heat/light/energy for consumption with a gas consumption in excess of 10 MJ/Hour but sizes can very ranging from 10 mj/h to appliances exceeding 3000 GJ/Hour.

Queensland Type B Device/Appliance Approvals

Justin Giles is an Authorised Type B Appliance Approval Body under section 733(2) of the Queensland Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 to approve the installation or use of a Type B Gas Devices/Appliances in Queensland.

All Type B Gas devices in Queensland must be approved by an authorised Type B approval authority before installation and use by the correctly licensed or authorised gas fitter.

Type B Gas Device need approval if they use:

- LPG

- Butane

- Natural Gas

- Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

- Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)

- Coal Seam Gas (CSG)

- Biogas & Waste Gas

- SYN Gases

- Hydrogen

Type B Compliance and Approvals in other states

The Team at James Giles Plumbing Pty Ltd work closely with other state regulators to help our clients achieve compliance in each state. States were we can assist:

- Queensland

- New South Wales

- Northern Territory

- Victoria

- South Australia

- Western Australia

- Tasmania

- ACT

- We can also assist with New Zealand & PNG compliance.