information for landlords
Landlords have specific legal responsibilities to their tenants
when it comes to gas safety
Understanding the law for rental accommodation
If you are a landlord letting a property equipped with gas
appliances you need to understand and comply with the law relating
to gas safety.
If you let a property, you must make sure that pipe work,
appliances and flues provided for tenants are maintained in a safe
condition. You need to have a gas safety
check every year. A Gas Safe registered
engineer must carry out the safety check in your properties in
Great Britain and the Isle of Man. You must give your tenants a
copy of the gas safety certificate within
28 days of it being carried out or before they move in.
You are also obliged to show your tenants how they can turn off
the gas supply in the event of a gas leak.
Annual checks
As a landlord, you are legally responsible for making sure that
a Gas Safe registered engineer checks the
gas appliances in your rental properties every 12 months and gives
you copies of the gas safety
certificates.
Gas safety certificates
When your Gas Safe registered engineer
has checked the gas appliances in your rental property they will
give you a gas safety certificate. This
certificate confirms the gas appliances have been checked and are
safe.
You must give your tenant a copy of these gas safety
certificates within 28 days of the checks being done, or give a
copy of the gas safety certificate to a new tenant before they move
in.
Remember, you must keep a record of each safety check for two
years.