Gas Safety: New scheme to replace CORGI registration from 1 April 2009
As of 1st April this year, Gas Safe Register will be the new name and the official stamp for gas safety in Great Britain and will replace the CORGI gas register.
CORGI has maintained a register of gas fitters for 17 years but in 2006, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) decided to review domestic gas safety with a view to encouraging better industry leadership. The result of this review is the Gas Safe Register which will be overseen by the HSE.
From 1 April 2009, landlords and employers must ensure that only Gas Safe Register engineers are employed to carry out work on gas appliances or flues. CORGI registration will no longer carry any statutory force and there is no grace period.
In the commercial sector, failure to check that an installer is registered under the Gas Safe Scheme could result in a breach of the Building Regulations 2000 and Regulation 3 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
In the residential sector, in addition to a breach of the Building Regulations 2000, residential landlords (including those in the social housing sector) will breach Regulation 36 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 if their regular gas appliance checks are carried out by a person who is not registered on the Gas Safe Register.
If you have any queries relating to these changes then please contact Heidi Bateman from the Metcalfes Property Team on 0117 9290451 or email hbateman@metcalfes.co.uk.
To check whether your engineer is registered go to https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/
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