Records and notices
23. (1) A person who services or tests refrigeration equipment under section 22 shall promptly create records containing the following information: 1. All amounts and types of refrigerant purchased or obtained for the purpose of servicing or testing the equipment, if any, as well as the name of the seller or supplier of the refrigerant. 2. The amount of any discharge of a refrigerant and the explanation for the discharge, whether or not it occurs in the course of the servicing or testing. 3. The date of the servicing or testing, the name of the person doing the servicing or testing and, if done as part of the person’s employment, the employer of the person doing the servicing or testing. 4. A description of the servicing or testing, the amount and type or types of refrigerant used in the servicing or testing, if any, the type or types of refrigerant recaptured in the course of the servicing or testing, if any, and an estimate of the amount of refrigerant recaptured in the course of the servicing or testing, if any. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (1). (2) For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 4 of subsection (1), a type of refrigerant shall be described using one of the terms for the specific ozone depleting substance or halocarbon that the refrigerant is or that it contains that is set out in the clauses of the definition of “class 1 ozone depleting substance”, “class 2 ozone depleting substance” or “halocarbon” in section 1. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (2). (3) A person who tests refrigeration equipment under subsection 22 (4) to determine if there is a leak shall affix a notice to the equipment setting out, (a) the date of the test; (b) the person’s name; (c) the number and expiry date of the certificate issued to the person under section 34; (d) the name of the person’s employer, if the test is conducted in the course of the person’s employment; (e) the results of the test; and (f) if there is a leak in the equipment, a statement that no person shall add a refrigerant to the equipment until the leak is repaired. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (3). (4) A person who tests mobile refrigeration equipment or a motor vehicle air-conditioner under subsection 22 (4) to determine if there is a leak may affix the notice under subsection (3) to the frame or edge of the door nearest to the driver’s seat, rather than to the equipment itself. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (4). (5) In this section, “mobile refrigeration equipment” means refrigeration equipment that is installed in, normally operates in, on or in conjunction with or is attached to a means of transportation, but does not include a motor vehicle air-conditioner. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (5). (6) No person shall remove a notice affixed under subsection (3) or (4), except when affixing a new notice under one of those subsections. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (6). (7) A copy of each record created under subsection (1) and each notice affixed under subsection (3) or (4) shall be kept for a period of two years from the date of the servicing or testing by, (a) the employer of the person who serviced or tested the refrigeration equipment, if done as part of the person’s employment; or (b) if clause (a) does not apply, the person who serviced or tested the refrigeration equipment. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (7). (8) This section does not apply to servicing or testing that takes place in the course of the manufacture of a product that is or that contains refrigeration equipment. O. Reg. 463/10, s. 23 (8). Filling or Refilling Refrigeration Equipment or Containers