The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
S.I. 1998/2451 · 43 provisionsView on legislation.gov.uk
Our take on The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
These Regulations mostly govern gas work, and regulation 36 is the part for renters. Your landlord must have each gas appliance and flue they provide checked every 12 months by a Gas Safe registered engineer, and give you the record within 28 days of the check, or before you move in. For private renters in England a missing record used to sink a Section 21 eviction, a lever that ended for new notices on 1 May 2026. It still does for housing association shorthold tenants and blocks a Welsh no-fault notice. In our view the record matters most as proof of safety. The Health and Safety Executive enforces the duty as a crime, and appliances you own are not covered.
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