Natural Gas Enterprise Act Article 48

Natural gas utility enterprises shall conduct regular inspections of pipelines for their users in the residential, commercial, and service sectors and record the results. In case of non-conformity, the enterprise shall notify the user to rectify the issues within a specified period. The same procedure shall apply when users request inspections.If a user refuses the inspection stated in the preceding paragraph, and the natural gas utility enterprise determines that it poses safety concerns, the enterprise may conduct forced inspections, with the consent of the competent authority of the municipality or county (city), in collaboration with relevant staff from the related agencies.Entities other than natural gas utility enterprises are prohibited from conducting the inspections stated in Paragraph 1. However, natural gas utility enterprises may commission public natural gas conduit installation enterprises to undertake such inspections.Staff conducting the inspections stated in Paragraph 1 and those commissioned in the preceding paragraph shall proactively present their identification documents when conducting such inspections and related matters.The items, cycles, operation procedures, billing items, and fee calculation methods for the regular inspections stated in Paragraph 1 shall be submitted to the competent authority of the municipality or county (city), which shall subsequently forward the information to the central competent authority for approval. The specified details shall be included in the operating rules of the natural gas utility enterprise thereafter. There shall be no fee charged for regular inspections of users in the residential sector.When conducting inspections, as stated in Paragraph 1, natural gas utility enterprises shall not promote or sell merchandise.