New Gas Safe Register™ from 1 April 2009

14 October 2009

Operated by Capita, the new register will be the only HSE approved gas installer registration scheme.
All gas installers wanting to undertake domestic gas works in Great Britain from 1 April 2009, will need to be registered with this scheme under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. This will allow them to be able to carry out any work on gas fittings, which includes gas appliances.

The Gas Safe Register™ will maintain an up-to-date register of gas installers who are qualified to install or repair gas fittings and appliances. There will be systems in place to assess competency of gas installers, inspect their work and to deal with complaints about unsafe gas work.

The HSE will oversee the operation of the new register, as the regulator with responsibility for gas safety.
Therefore from 1 April 2009 it is essential that people ask for a Gas Safe Register Engineer (domestic users of gas) and not any other as the CORGI register will no longer count for those purposes.

The Gas Safe Register opened on Monday 19th January for currently registered gas installers to register in advance with the new scheme by telephone or through the website: http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk

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