Do you have an approved appliance? To ensure safety to the public, all gas appliances sold in Australia and New Zealand are required to be tested and certified.  For information on certification requirements, contact your local Technical Regulator listed under Contacts, or click on the map below.Learn More

National Database of Certified Gas Appliances and Components

The GTRC National Certification Database provides a listing of gas appliances and components that are or have been previously certified by the certification bodies that are recognised individually by the GTRC members. The GTRC National Certification Database provides all stakeholders with information in relation to certified product as well as the certification status of the product. This information is updated typically on a monthly basis. If in doubt in relation to the validity of the information provided then the recognised certification bodies also have their own certification listings that can be referred to via their respective websites for confirmation or otherwise of the information provided.

• AGA
• SAI Global
• IAPMO
• Global-Mark
• Vipac
• BSI

Maintenance of all certifications is subject to periodic surveillance of certified product by the respective recognised certification bodies. Please note that the AGA does not have expiry dates for its certifications.  Vipac has withdrawn their gas certification scheme and is referenced for historical records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling Gas Appliances Online 

There are conditions that must be adhered to if you are considering selling gas appliances online in Australia or in New Zealand

New Zealand

Any person that sells or offers to sell a gas appliance, whether new or second hand, must take reasonably practicable steps to ensure the appliance is safe. To sell gas appliances online in New Zealand please refer to the links below on the Energy Safety website. The first two links explain the duties of a person selling a new gas appliance and second hand appliances are covered in the third link.

• Supplying safe electrical and gas products
• Buying and selling online 
• What appliances require a declaration

Australia

To sell gas appliances online in Australia there are conditions for advertising, certification and presentation that must be met.

Before advertising your gas appliance

Before you advertise your new or second-hand gas appliance online you must ensure that it is certified for use in Australia. If certification details cannot be provided then the gas appliance must not be offered for sale.
Auction houses, dealers, and suppliers of gas appliances should ensure their gas appliance:

• is certified and shows a certification mark
• has a data plate with a certification or approval number issued by one of the certification bodies
• is in a proper state of repair.

For appliances certified since 2014 certification details can be checked on the National Database of Certified Gas Appliances here.

You need to understand

Gas appliance acceptance

Acceptance for domestic and light commercial gas appliances is through certification.
Certification is provided by one of the following five certification bodies:

• AGA
• SAI Global
• IAPMO
• Global-Mark
• Vipac (*existing products only)
•  BSI Australia / BSI New Zealand

In some states an individual appliance may be directly accepted by the relevant Gas Technical Regulator upon application and any required testing. For further information refer to the Contacts page here for a list of Gas Technical Regulators.

Second-hand gas appliances

Second-hand gas appliances must have been previously certified and be in a proper of state repair, before they can be re-sold in Australia.

Be aware that the acceptance of a second-hand gas appliance may have been negated by alteration to, or by relocation of, the appliance. If acceptance has been negated, re-acceptance must be obtained before the appliance is installed.

In Australia it is an offence to supply or sell an appliance that is not accepted, including a second-hand appliance. Also in some jurisdictions the offer to supply or sell an appliance, which is not accepted including a second-hand appliance, is also an offence.

Badges and data plates

Every gas appliance is required to have a data plate affixed to it; showing essential details such as a certification number, a certification mark, gas type, model number, serial number or date of manufacture and gas consumption. Refer to the National Database of Certified Gas Appliances here to identify that your appliance is certified for use in Australia.

Advertising alert

If the gas appliance is designed for fixed installation, and once certification has been confirmed, then you should inform buyers (in your advertisement) that they will need to employ the services of an authorised gasfitter to install and commission the appliance.