Landlord's gas responsibilities

• Maintain gas appliances
  It is the duty of landlords to ensure that the gas appliances and flues they provide for tenants' use are maintained in a safe condition at all times.
• Enlist approved professionals
  Landlords are required to ensure any tradesman who carries out repairs or maintenance on any gas installation is a Gas Safe Register approved professional.
• Arrange an annual safety check
  Landlords must obtain an annual CP12 service proving safety compliance for each property. Upon completion of a successful safety check the engineer will issue the landlord with a CP12 Certificate.
• Provide CP12 certificate to tenant
  Landlords must provide their tenants with a copy of the CP12 certificate within 28 days of the check being completed, and to any new tenant before they move in.
• Keep proper records
  A copy of the CP12 Certificate must be kept by the landlord for two years.

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