Victoria has a work-triggered gas Compliance Certificate for gas work, plus a separate rental gas safety check: where the rental duty applies, a licensed gasfitter must also check the property every 2 years (see below for who's covered).
Victoria has its own work-triggered gas Compliance Certificate, the same trigger as Queensland's certificate: for a standard gas installation, a licensed plumbing practitioner must give the customer a Compliance Certificate and lodge it with the Building and Plumbing Commission within 5 days, an obligation under the Building Act 1993. Victoria also adds a second, separate requirement tied to rental properties: under the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021, a rental provider for a tenancy agreement entered into after 29 March 2021, or a fixed-term agreement of more than five years that rolls over into a periodic tenancy after that date, must have a gas safety check carried out on every gas installation and fitting at the property at least once every two years, by a licensed or registered gasfitter with the Type A gas appliances servicing endorsement. The Building and Plumbing Commission administers the certificate; Energy Safe Victoria and Consumer Affairs Victoria jointly administer the rental check.
Melbourne and Geelong are Victoria's two biggest gas markets, both connected to reticulated natural gas through different network operators (AusNet in Melbourne's west and Geelong, Multinet Gas Networks across Melbourne's inner and outer east), but neither the certificate nor the check rule changes by suburb, a rental property inside the check's duty runs on the same two-year cycle regardless of which network it's connected to.
If you're a rental provider, the check covers gas leakage, ventilation, a service of every appliance, and a combustion spillage test under AS 4575, and you're required to keep records and disclose the last check date to new renters. If you own and live in your own home, the 2-yearly check doesn't apply, but any new gas work you have done still needs its own Compliance Certificate from a licensed plumbing practitioner, and a periodic voluntary check is still a sound safety step for an older gas heater or hot water system.
Typical gas safety check cost in VIC
$240–$300
+ GST, standalone gas-only safety check
Compiled from published pricing at Suburban Gas and Plumbing (sgpmelbourne.com.au: from $240 inc. GST) and Static Blue (staticblue.com.au: $300 + GST), checked live August 2026, for a gas safety check only (excluding combined electrical/fire packages).
Victorian plumbers licensed for Type B gasfitting work must hold public liability insurance with a minimum of $5 million cover as a condition the Building and Plumbing Commission checks before it will issue or renew a licence, evidenced by a Certificate of Currency, under a Ministerial Order that has been in force since 2002.
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Need the other state? See Queensland (QLD).
Checked July 2026.