Every rental property that has any sort of gas appliance, whether it be a central heating boiler or a gas stove or even a gas fire, requires a Gas Safety Certificate. 

These certificates can only be issued by a technician registered with the Gas Safe Register.  

The Gas Safe Register superseded CORGI (Council for Registered Gas Installers) as the sole legally recognised gas safety register in the UK on 1st April 2009. 

Certificates are valid for a year from the date they are issued.

If you are a landlord letting a property equipped with gas appliances you need to understand and comply with the law relating to gas safety.

You need to have a gas safety check every year. A gas safe registered engineer must carry out the safety check in your properties. You must give your tenants a copy of the gas safety record within 28 days of it being carried out or before they move in.

You are also obliged to show your tenants how they can turn off the gas supply in the event of a gas leak.

When your gas safe engineer has checked the gas appliances in your rental property they will give you a gas safety record This record confirms the gas appliances have been checked and are safe.

You must give your tenant a copy of these gas safety records within 28 days of the checks being done, or give a copy of the gas safety record to a new tenant before they move in.

Remember, you must keep a record of each safety check for two years.

Visit the HSE website for more information about landlords' responsibility for gas safety.