Exemptions
32. (1) A person is exempt from section 14 of the Act with respect to the following activities: 1. Installing or servicing an appliance in a detached dwelling owned and occupied in whole or in part by the person. However, the person shall not activate a newly-installed appliance until a person who holds an appropriate certificate determines that the appliance and its installation comply with the requirements of the Act and regulations. 2. Installing, activating or servicing a portable appliance for his or her own use. 3. Activating an appliance in accordance with the certified lighting instructions of its manufacturer, i. if the appliance was initially installed and activated by a person who holds an appropriate certificate, and ii. if the appliance has been maintained in a safe working condition. 4. Transferring propane from one container to another at his or her place of business for his or her own use. 5. Transferring propane from one container to another at his or her employer’s place of business for use by the employer or by the person if the person has been trained to the standard established by the authority appointed by the Ministry and the propane industry. The person and the person’s employer, if any, must have a record of training to that effect. 6. Activating a propane construction heater with an input of 400,000 Btuh or less, or any hand-held propane-fuelled torch, and connecting it to or disconnecting it from piping, tubing or a container if the person has been trained to the standard established by the authority appointed by the Ministry and the propane industry. The person and the person’s employer, if any, must have a record of training to that effect. 6.1 Servicing a propane construction heater with an input of less than 400,000 Btuh, or any hand-held propane-fuelled torch, or an oil-fired construction heater with a firing rate no higher than 1.1 U.S. gallons per hour if the person has been trained to the standard established by the authority appointed by the Ministry and the propane industry or the fuel oil industry, as the case may be. The person and the person’s employer, if any, must have a record of training to that effect. 7. Constructing new propane vehicles for a manufacturer of propane vehicles on the manufacturer’s premises. 8. Servicing, repairing or replacing any part of a propane vehicle other than its propane fuel system. 9. Transferring propane to and from tank cars, cargo liners, tank trucks, filling plants and container refill centres, and filling containers and operating propane transfer equipment in a filling plant or container refill centre if the person has been trained to the standard established by the authority appointed by the Ministry and the propane industry. The person and the person’s employer, if any, must have a record of training to that effect. 10. Examining containers in accordance with section 26 if the person has been trained to the standard established by the authority appointed by the Ministry and the propane industry. The person and the person’s employer, if any, must have a record of training to that effect. 11. Operating a tank truck or a vehicle that tows a cargo liner, operating propane handling equipment to transfer propane to and from tank trucks, cargo liners, filling plants and container refill centres and filling containers on the premises of end-users if the person has been trained to the standard established by the authority appointed by the Ministry and the propane industry. The person and the person’s employer, if any, must have a record of training to that effect. O. Reg. 348/96, s. 32 (1); O. Reg. 158/97, s. 13. (2) An employee of a natural gas distributor who is acting in the course of his or her employment is exempt from section 14 of the Act when he or she is shutting off appliances, turning off gas service, reactivating gas service to a dwelling unit and relighting appliances installed in a dwelling unit. However, the employee is exempted only if he or she has received a training course on doing so from his or her employer. (3) For the purposes of this section, “servicing” does not include performing routine maintenance. O. Reg. 348/96, s. 32 (2, 3). Transition