Common use of Gas Safety Clause in Contracts

Gas Safety. If the property has a gas supply, then the landlord must arrange for a gas safety check to be carried out, by a gas safe registered engineer, on all gas pipes and appliances (for example fire, hob, oven and boiler) in the property which have been supplied by the landlord. This must be done every year. After each yearly check, the engineer signs a Landlord Gas Safety Record, which notes the results of the checks and confirms whether each gas appliance meets the safety standard it needs to. The landlord must make sure that the property is safe. If the tenant has any concerns about the safety of any gas item in the property, or knows that any gas appliances or pipework are not working properly - for example, there’s a smell of gas or the pilot light in a boiler does not stay lit - then the tenant must tell the landlord. The landlord must give the tenant a copy of each yearly Landlord Gas Safety Record which is issued by the gas safe registered engineer. If the landlord does not do this, the tenant can contact the Health & Safety Executive for advice or can get gas safety advice at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. Also, the tenant could contact the local council, which could require the landlord to provide the Record to the tenant or face losing their registration as a landlord with the local council. If a gas engineer decides that any gas appliance is unsafe - which is often called "condemned" - then the tenant must not use that appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors go off (so the alarm sounds) if carbon monoxide is present in a property. Carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas which can cause illness or even death. Unlike the gas which powers the appliances in a property (like the boiler and hob), carbon monoxide does not have any smell - the only way to know that carbon monoxide is in a property is by having a carbon monoxide detector. Because of this, the landlord must have carbon monoxide detectors installed in the property if there are appliances which use carbon based fuel - which would be gas, wood, coal, other solid fuel or oil. A carbon monoxide detector must be in: • each room or inter-connected space such as a garage, that has a fixed carbon based fuel powered appliance (except one solely used for cooking) - so, for example, every room or inter-connected space that has a fire, heater or a boiler; and • if the flue from any carbon based fuel powered appliance passes through any bedroom or living room, then in each of those rooms too. The Scottish Government guidance about carbon monoxide alarms in private rented homes is at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- monoxide-alarms-in-private-rented-properties-guidance/

Gas Safety. If the property has a gas supply, then the landlord must arrange for a gas safety check to be carried out, by a gas safe registered engineer, on all gas pipes and appliances (for example fire, hob, oven and boiler) in the property which have been supplied by the landlord. This must be done every year. After each yearly check, the engineer signs a Landlord Gas Safety Record, which notes the results of the checks and confirms whether each gas appliance meets the safety standard it needs to. The landlord must make sure that the property is safe. If the tenant has any concerns about the safety of any gas item in the property, or knows that any gas appliances or pipework are not working properly - for example, there’s a smell of gas or the pilot light in a boiler does not stay lit - then the tenant must tell the landlord. The landlord must give the tenant a copy of each yearly Landlord Gas Safety Record which is issued by the gas safe registered engineer. If the landlord does not do this, the tenant can contact the Health & Safety Executive for advice or can get gas safety advice at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. Also, the tenant could contact the local council, which could require the landlord to provide the Record to the tenant or face losing their registration as a landlord with the local council. If a gas engineer decides that any gas appliance is unsafe - which is often called "condemned" - then the tenant must not use that appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors go off (so the alarm sounds) if carbon monoxide is present in a property. Carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas which can cause illness or even death. Unlike the gas which powers the appliances in a property (like the boiler and hob), carbon monoxide does not have any smell - the only way to know that carbon monoxide is in a property is by having a carbon monoxide detector. Because of this, the landlord must have carbon monoxide detectors installed in the property if there are appliances which use carbon based fuel - which would be gas, wood, coal, other solid fuel or oil. A carbon monoxide detector must be in: • each room or inter-connected space such as a garage, that has a fixed carbon based fuel powered appliance (except one solely used for cooking) - so, for example, every room or inter-connected space that has a fire, heater or a boiler; and • if the flue from any carbon based fuel powered appliance passes through any bedroom or living room, then in each of those rooms too. The Scottish Government guidance about carbon monoxide alarms in private rented homes is at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- xxxxx://xxxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- monoxide-alarms-in-private-rented-properties-guidance/

Gas Safety. If the property has a gas supply, then the landlord must arrange for a gas safety check to be carried out, by a gas safe registered engineer, on all gas pipes and appliances (for example fire, hob, oven and boiler) in the property which have been supplied by the landlord. This must be done every year. After each yearly check, the engineer signs a Landlord Gas Safety Record, which notes the results of the checks and confirms whether each gas appliance meets the safety standard it needs to. The landlord must make sure that the property is safe. If the tenant has any concerns about the safety of any gas item in the property, or knows that any gas appliances or pipework are not working properly - for example, there’s a smell of gas or the pilot light in a boiler does not stay lit - then the tenant must tell the landlord. The landlord must give the tenant a copy of each yearly Landlord Gas Safety Record which is issued by the gas safe registered engineer. If the landlord does not do this, the tenant can contact the Health & Safety Executive for advice or can get gas safety advice at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. Also, the tenant could contact the local council, which could require the landlord to provide the Record to the tenant or face losing their registration as a landlord with the local council. If a gas engineer decides that any gas appliance is unsafe - which is often called "condemned" - then the tenant must not use that appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors go off (so the alarm sounds) if carbon monoxide is present in a property. Carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas which can cause illness or even death. Unlike the gas which powers the appliances in a property (like the boiler and hob), carbon monoxide does not have any smell - the only way to know that carbon monoxide is in a property is by having a carbon monoxide detector. Because of this, the landlord must have carbon monoxide detectors installed in the property if there are appliances which use carbon based fuel - which would be gas, wood, coal, other solid fuel or oil. A carbon monoxide detector must be in: •  each room or inter-connected space such as a garage, that has a fixed carbon based fuel powered appliance (except one solely used for cooking) - so, for example, every room or inter-connected space that has a fire, heater or a boiler; and •  if the flue from any carbon based fuel powered appliance passes through any bedroom or living room, then in each of those rooms too. The Scottish Government guidance about carbon monoxide alarms in private rented homes is at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- monoxide-alarms-in-private-rented-properties-guidance/

Gas Safety. If the property has a gas supply, then the landlord must arrange for a gas safety check to be carried out, by a gas safe registered engineer, on all gas pipes and appliances (for example fire, hob, oven and boiler) in the property which have been supplied by the landlord. This must be done every year. After each yearly check, the engineer signs a Landlord Gas Safety Record, which notes the results of the checks and confirms whether each gas appliance meets the safety standard it needs to. The landlord must make sure that the property is safe. If the tenant has any concerns about the safety of any gas item in the property, or knows that any gas appliances or pipework are not working properly - for example, there’s a smell of gas or the pilot light in a boiler does not stay lit - then the tenant must tell the landlord. The landlord must give the tenant a copy of each yearly Landlord Gas Safety Record which is issued by the gas safe registered engineer. If the landlord does not do this, the tenant can contact the Health & Safety Executive for advice or can get gas safety advice at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. Also, the tenant could contact the local council, which could require the landlord to provide the Record to the tenant or face losing their registration as a landlord with the local council. If a gas engineer decides that any gas appliance is unsafe - which is often called "condemned" - then the tenant must not use that appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors go off (so the alarm sounds) if carbon monoxide is present in a property. Carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas which can cause illness or even death. Unlike the gas which powers the appliances in a property (like the boiler and hob), carbon monoxide does not have any smell - the only way to know that carbon monoxide is in a property is by having a carbon monoxide detector. Because of this, the landlord must have carbon monoxide detectors installed in the property if there are appliances which use carbon based fuel - which would be gas, wood, coal, other solid fuel or oil. A carbon monoxide detector must be in: • each room or inter-connected space such as a garage, that has a fixed carbon based fuel powered appliance (except one solely used for cooking) - so, for example, every room or inter-connected space that has a fire, heater or a boiler; and • if the flue from any carbon based fuel powered appliance passes through any bedroom or living room, then in each of those rooms too. The Scottish Government guidance about carbon monoxide alarms in private rented homes is at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- monoxide-alarms-in-private-rented-properties-guidance/xxxxx://xxxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon-monoxide-alarms-in-private-rented-properties-guidance/ Electrical Safety The landlord must ensure that all electric fittings and items in the property are in a reasonable state of repair and in proper and safe working order. As part of this duty to keep electric fittings and items in a reasonable state of repair, the landlord must arrange for an electrical safety inspection to be carried out at least every 5 years. That inspection must be carried out by a qualified person who then issues two reports: an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) on any fixed installations; and

Gas Safety. If The current legislation applicable to all rented properties with gas installations requires that all gas installations and maintenance of gas fittings, appliances, meters, pipework and ventilation flues whether furnished or unfurnished, residential are checked for safe use. (Portable appliances fuelled by Calor Gas propane or other liquid gases are included) The following must be examined as a minimum: - • the property effectiveness of any flue; • the supply of combustion air; • the appliance operating pressure and heat output; • the appliance operation so as to ensure safe functioning A competent GAS SAFE registered gas engineer has to issue a gas supplysafety certificate or report annually, then valid for 12 months, showing that all the landlord gas safety checks under the legislation have been carried out and have been passed as safe for use before the tenancy can commence. A copy of the gas safety certificate or report is sent to the Landlord or WSR to keep on record for up to two years and a copy left for at the Property for the Tenant as proof that the Property is safe at the start of the tenancy. A gas safety certificate or report must be provided to the tenant within 28 days. Items that fail the gas safety check will be shown on the gas safety certificate or report stating the defects or repairs required, or possibly in some cases condemning items which have serious faults and are a risk to the Tenant's health and safety. Items listed as failed should not be used by the Tenant and it is for the Landlord or WSR (at the Landlord’s request), to put these faults right and have them re-checked immediately before a gas safety certificate or report can be issued and the Tenants able to move into the Property The Landlord must also make sure that where the gas meter to the Property is locked that the Tenant is provided with a key to access it. No instantaneous water heaters should be installed in any room used for sleeping accommodation in the Property and where water heaters are installed in such rooms as bathrooms or kitchens that they are "room sealed" or fitted with a safety control device. Landlords are not responsible for the safety of any gas appliance supplied by the Tenant to the Property, although the Landlord is responsible for common flues that serve both an appliance owned by the Tenant and one owned by the Landlord The Landlord cannot leave it up to the Tenant to arrange for a gas safety check to be carried out, by . It is the Landlord or WSR's responsibility (at the Landlord’s request) to arrange this The Landlord or WSR must also show that "all reasonable steps" have been taken if ever access to the Property is not possible or the Tenant has refused the Landlord access to carry out a gas safe registered engineersafety check or repairs. The Landlord has a statutory legal right to access the Property to carry out visits and repairs by giving 24 hours' notice in writing to the Tenant although the Landlord or contractors cannot force access even when 24 hours' notice has been given Where there is a Tenant in occupation, on all gas pipes that Tenant falls within the definition of "the Responsible Person" and appliances (for example fire, hob, oven has the prime and boiler) in initial duty to comply with statutory requirements whilst at the property which have been supplied by the landlordProperty. This must be done every year. After each yearly check, means that it is the engineer signs a Tenant's responsibility to inform the Landlord Gas Safety Record, which notes the results of the checks and confirms whether each gas appliance meets the safety standard it needs to. The landlord must make sure that the property is safe. If the tenant has any concerns about the safety immediately of any unsafe gas item in installations or supply at the property, or knows that any gas appliances or pipework are not working properly - for example, there’s a smell of gas or Property during the pilot light in a boiler does not stay lit - then the tenant must tell the landlord. The landlord must give the tenant a copy of each yearly Landlord Gas Safety Record which is issued by the gas safe registered engineer. If the landlord does not do this, the tenant can contact the Health & Safety Executive for advice or can get gas safety advice at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. Also, the tenant could contact the local council, which could require the landlord to provide the Record to the tenant or face losing their registration as a landlord with the local council. If a gas engineer decides that any gas appliance is unsafe - which is often called "condemned" - then the tenant must not use that appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors go off (so the alarm sounds) if carbon monoxide is present in a property. Carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas which can cause illness or even death. Unlike the gas which powers the appliances in a property (like the boiler and hob), carbon monoxide does not have any smell - the only way to know that carbon monoxide is in a property is by having a carbon monoxide detector. Because of this, the landlord must have carbon monoxide detectors installed in the property if there are appliances which use carbon based fuel - which would be gas, wood, coal, other solid fuel or oil. A carbon monoxide detector must be in: • each room or inter-connected space such as a garage, that has a fixed carbon based fuel powered appliance (except one solely used for cooking) - so, for example, every room or inter-connected space that has a fire, heater or a boiler; and • if the flue from any carbon based fuel powered appliance passes through any bedroom or living room, then in each of those rooms too. The Scottish Government guidance about carbon monoxide alarms in private rented homes is at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- monoxide-alarms-in-private-rented-properties-guidance/Tenancy.

Gas Safety. If the property has a gas supply, then the landlord must arrange for a gas safety check to be carried out, by a gas safe registered engineer, on all gas pipes and appliances (for example fire, hob, oven and boiler) in the property which have been supplied by the landlord. This must be done every year. After each yearly check, the engineer signs a Landlord Gas Safety Record, which notes the results of the checks and confirms whether each gas appliance meets the safety standard it needs to. The landlord must make sure that the property is safe. If the tenant has any concerns about the safety of any gas item in the property, or knows that any gas appliances or pipework are not working properly - for example, there’s a smell of gas or the pilot light in a boiler does not stay lit - then the tenant must tell the landlord. The landlord must give the tenant a copy of each yearly Landlord Gas Safety Record which is issued by the gas safe registered engineer. If the landlord does not do this, the tenant can contact the Health & Safety Executive for advice or can get gas safety advice at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx. Also, the tenant could contact the local council, which could require the landlord to provide the Record to the tenant or face losing their registration as a landlord with the local council. If a gas engineer decides that any gas appliance is unsafe - which is often called "condemned" - then the tenant must not use that appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors go off (so the alarm sounds) if carbon monoxide is present in a property. Carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas which can cause illness or even death. Unlike the gas which powers the appliances in a property (like the boiler and hob), carbon monoxide does not have any smell - the only way to know that carbon monoxide is in a property is by having a carbon monoxide detector. Because of this, the landlord must have carbon monoxide detectors installed in the property if there are appliances which use carbon based fuel - which would be gas, wood, coal, other solid fuel or oil. A carbon monoxide detector must be in: • ● each room or inter-connected space such as a garage, that has a fixed carbon based fuel powered appliance (except one solely used for cooking) - so, for example, every room or inter-connected space that has a fire, heater or a boiler; and • ● if the flue from any carbon based fuel powered appliance passes through any bedroom or living room, then in each of those rooms too. The Scottish Government guidance about carbon monoxide alarms in private rented homes is at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- xxxxx://xxxx.xxx.xxxx/publications/carbon- monoxide-alarms-in-private-rented-properties-guidance/