On 12/10/2011 06:34, Steve Lewis wrote:

Just looked at gassaferegister.co.uk and it states this

It is against the law for anyone to do work on gas appliances in the
United Kingdom, Isle of Man or Guernsey unless they are Gas Safe
registered.

They are being economic with the truth... (as a trade body funded by
membership fees, that is in their interests).

For a person fitting gas appliances for reward, then there is a
requirement for them to be gas safe registered. However the only actual
legal requirement for someone doing gas work is that the operative is
"competent". (Note however there is not a legal definition of competent
in this circumstance).

The source legislation is he

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1...ulation/3/made

Pay attention to 3 (1) and (3). The "class of persons" bit refers to Gas
Safe and previously CORGI.

This all makes some sense if you think it through - a gas fitter may be
covered by registration belonging to his employer, and spend his days
fitting boilers etc. It would be daft to suggest he could not fit one at
home while not working for the employer.

See Ed's gas fitting FAQ for a fuller explanation.

http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html


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Cheers,

John.

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