Search Term Search Services Gas Safety Gas Emergency About Us Engineer Area Gas emergency 0800 111 999 Home About Us What Is Gas Safe Register? What is Gas Safe Register? Gas Safe Register is the only official gas registration body of gas businesses and engineers in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. By law all gas businesses must be on the Gas Safe Register. A gas engineer can only be aligned to a registered business and be issued with a license to undertake gas work on behalf of a registered business if they hold a valid and current qualification. This evidence of competence relates only to matters of gas safety and is obtained by every engineer through a recognised route of training and assessment (much as the DVLA issues driving licences to those who have demonstrated their competence by passing a driving test). Registration is only given on the basis of the business having at least one gas safety qualified engineer. The Register is not a membership body or trade association. The Register (and all services associated with it) is operated on behalf of the relevant Health and Safety Authority for each region in which it operates– i.e. Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Gas Safe Register replaced CORGI as the only gas registration body in Great Britain and Isle of Man on 1 April 2009 and in Northern Ireland and Guernsey on 1 April 2010. Related Help Topics Decade Review What we do Operate the official UK list of gas businesses and qualified gas engineers that work for those businesses, as required by law, to ensure only those qualified engineers are licensed to legally work on gas. Undertake monitoring inspections of all businesses on the Gas Safe Register to ensure they are applying gas competence. Investigate gas safety complaints against registered businesses/engineers for compliance with the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 and, where applicable, the technical specifications required to meet the Building Regulations in England and in Wales. Apply a sanctions policy where instances of unsafe work or breaches of rules of registration are identified. Investigate reports of illegal gas work carried out by un-registered businesses or gas fitters and report our findings to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). To view these prosecutions please visit the HSE website. Undertake consumer campaigns to raise the awareness of gas safety issues such as carbon monoxide (CO) and the dangers of using illegal engineers not on the Gas Safe Register. We also co-ordinate the annual industry wide Gas Safety Week. Provide a facility for registered businesses to self-certify (notify) that the installations of heat producing gas appliances and the hot water and heating systems they serve are compliant with the Building Regulations in England and in Wales. Operate the official UK list of gas businesses and qualified gas engineers that work for those businesses, as required by law, to ensure only those qualified engineers are licensed to legally work on gas. Undertake monitoring inspections of all businesses on the Gas Safe Register to ensure they are applying gas competence. Investigate gas safety complaints against registered businesses/engineers for compliance with the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 and, where applicable, the technical specifications required to meet the Building Regulations in England and in Wales. Apply a sanctions policy where instances of unsafe work or breaches of rules of registration are identified. Investigate reports of illegal gas work carried out by un-registered businesses or gas fitters and report our findings to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). To view these prosecutions please visit the HSE website. Undertake consumer campaigns to raise the awareness of gas safety issues such as carbon monoxide (CO) and the dangers of using illegal engineers not on the Gas Safe Register. We also co-ordinate the annual industry wide Gas Safety Week. Provide a facility for registered businesses to self-certify (notify) that the installations of heat producing gas appliances and the hot water and heating systems they serve are compliant with the Building Regulations in England and in Wales. What we don't do Do not have the authority or ability to recommend one registered engineer over another one. Do not employ the Gas Safe registered businesses or engineers on the Gas Safe Register. Do not investigate, inspect or deal with matters which fall outside our remit, such as: financial, contractual or commercial disputes. Do not enforce the completion of gas defects by a business or engineer on the Gas Safe Register where a consumer will not allow the registered business/engineer back into the property to undertake the remedial work(s). Do not apply sanctions or defects against registered businesses or engineers disproportionately or without sufficient validated evidence. Do not undertake checks on registered engineers outside of the normal work monitoring inspections other than those relating directly to prosecutions or convictions (pending or suspended) related to gas safety matters. Do not check public liability and indemnity insurances for registered businesses/engineers. Do not undertake criminal record checks on registered engineers as this is not a requirement under the Gas Safety (installation and use) Regulations 1998. Cannot arbitrate on disputes between registered businesses and their customers. Do not determine or establish that a Statutory Nuisance exists in relation to the discharge of products of combustion from gas appliance flue outlets. FAQs regarding Gas Safe Register's remit Can you get involved in financial issues? Can you come out and look at my appliance? Can you provide me with my annual safety check certificate or the Landlord's Gas Safety Record for my property? My appliance has been fixed, but can you still investigate? Gas Safe Register is operated by Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services (CGRAS) Limited, a division of Capita Plc. Downloads You can find a short list of relevant downloads on the right hands side. Useful Downloads 2020-21 Gas Safe Register At A Glance Report Download Set a reminder to get your appliances checked Sign up to our eNewsletter Contact Us 0800 408 5500 Back to top About us Privacy and Cookies Terms of Use Accessibility Statement © 2021 HSE. 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