Safety, standards and security for private rented housing

The Health and Safety Executive (opens new window) and Gas Safe Register (opens new window) offer advice and information on this.

As a landlord you are responsible for the gas equipment, fittings and flues you supply. You are required to:

• Ensure gas fittings and flues are kept in a safe condition
• Ensure an annual safety check is carried out on each gas appliance/flue by a Gas Safe engineer
• Keep a record of each safety check for two years
• Issue a copy of the safety check to each tenant within 28 days of the check or to a new tenant before they move in
• Have any installations carried out by a Gas Safe engineer

If an appliance fails the safety check you must make sure the equipment is fixed or replaced by a Gas Safe engineer before it is reconnected to the gas supply and used.

If an appliance is owned by the tenant you are not responsible for maintaining or checking it.