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The Gas
Safe Register replaced the CORGI gas register in
Great Britain and the Isle of Man on 1 April 2009
There
is only one gas safety register that you need to use.
Look for the yellow Gas Safe Register triangle not the
orange CORGI registration badge. 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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