Domestic gas safety
Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, it's the landlord's responsibility to make sure gas appliances, fittings and flues that tenants use are safe.
Landlords must :
- make sure appliances are checked for safety at least every 12 months by Gas Safe registered engineers
- give their tenants a safety check record
The Gas Registration Scheme in the UK is the Gas Safe Register, (this replaced CORGI). By law anyone who works with gas has to be registered with the Gas Safe Register and will have a registration card as proof of this.
If you smell gas:
- turn off your gas supply straight away
- find the lever next to your meter and move it one quarter of the way round, either right or left, until the gas stops
- once the gas has been turned off, open the windows and doors to let plenty of fresh air in .
- don't turn any electrical switches on or off, light matches or lighters, or smoke
- ring the National Gas Emergency Service on 0800 111 999 - they'll come to your home and make it safe
Visit the Gas Safe Register.