Technical Booklet L Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems·Page 6

Gas Safety Regulations - Key Requirements

Gas fittings, appliances and storage vessels must be installed only by competent persons, anyone controlling gas work must ensure competence, and gas installation businesses must be HSENI-approved.

The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 require that – (a) gas fittings, appliances and gas storage vessels must only be installed by a person with the required competence; (b) any person having control to any extent of gas work must ensure that the person carrying out that work has the required competence; and (c) any gas installation business, whether an employer or self-employed, must be a member of a class of persons approved by the HSENI.

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