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Anyone carrying out work on gas must be registered
with Gas Safe Register. If not, they are breaking
the law and putting you and your family at risk.
Only a Gas
Safe registered engineer is legally allowed to install
gas appliances, boilers, hobs, ovens or fires in your
home or workplace. You must only use a Gas Safe registered
engineer for any type of gas work, including installation,
maintenance and servicing.
What is Gas Safe Register?
Gas Safe Register exists
to protect you, your family, and your property from
dangerous gas work. Incorrectly fitted, badly repaired
or poorly maintained gas appliances are a major cause
of lethal carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, and can
also lead to gas leaks and explosions. To carry out
work on gas installations and appliances safely and
legally, engineers in Great Britain and the Isle of
Man must be on the Gas Safe Register. We make sure
the 120,000 engineers on the register are safe by
inspecting the gas work they have carried out. We
are interested in the experiences you have had, when
using gas engineers. You can report good or bad gas
work to us using our 'nominate gas work for inspection'
service.
Who runs Gas Safe Register?
Gas Safe Register is run
by Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services
Limited, a division of Capita Group Plc. Gas Safe
Register is the official gas registration body for
Great Britain (GB) and Isle of Man, appointed by the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for Great Britain
and HSWI for Isle of Man. Gas Safe Register replaced
CORGI as the gas registration body in GB on 1 April
2009. The HSE carried out a review of gas safety in
2006 which, after consultation with the gas industry,
engineers and the public, led to the decision to change
to a new gas registration scheme. The contract to
run the new scheme was awarded to Capita and we launched
Gas Safe Register. The sole focus of the register
is on improving gas safety.
What about CORGI?
The CORGI gas registration
scheme in Great Britain and the Isle of Man ended
on 31 March 2009. It is no longer recognised by law
as the gas safety register. We asked all CORGI gas
engineers to transfer over to Gas Safe Register. Check
and see if your gas engineer is now a Gas Safe registered
engineer. You should also ask to see your engineer's
Gas Safe Register ID card.
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